I’m curious how y’all feel about em.

For some people, sound quality. Though you can’t make that argument if you play the records on a Crosby turntable from Urban Outfitters

Some of the sub-culture seems weird about it. Feels more like a status symbol than anything else.

Respect those who are doing it for the love of the music they buy though. Helps the artist a lot too, especially right now

Some people listen to them. Others collect them as art

idk I started buying records a few years back and now I seem to order a new one every week

Too voliatile a format especially for new digital albums pressed to vinyl

CDs >>>

CDs are primed for a massive comeback soon. It's going to be crazy. Trying to swoop in while the prices are low

Vintage

Something nostalgic about enjoying a record at its most natural form. No skips, no shuffle, just straight through

To hang them on your wall and post a picture on IG

for me it’s being able to look at the massive artwork for some of my favorite albums. it doesn’t sound better, but it sure does sound different

it’s how i commemorate solid albums

also it being played on such an old device makes the project feel like a classic

Also used to be a popular part of music, collecting cds with the booklets but now that's almost nonexistent so vinyls became more popular in our generation due to wanting collect music again

Why you think that will happen? Genuinely asking

big artwork, warmer sound, it's a way to physically own an album, get to watch vinyl go spin

@Bow_And_Arrow

its nice to have a physical manifestation of a favorite album. plus bonus tracks sometimes

A good set up should run you $200 and you shouldn’t spend more than $30 per record. Also, don’t buy records made after the ‘90s

fr?

This is the future of culture
Doing things because you want ppl to know you’re doing them, not because you actually like them

f***ing crine at the vinyl price boom that started on Discogs last year

All of a sudden masses of people were dropping $250 on LPs that were $25 6 months prior

low price, convenience, can rip it to your computer and have infinite copies of it, best sound quality, the sheer abundance of them out there, 2000s revivalism

Prices are already creeping up slowly. Plus if something as inconvenient as cassettes can mount somewhat of a comeback, then CDs are bound to return the top-selling medium imo