Why has interest in collecting vinyls gone up over the last few years?

Back when I was a kid, my Mom had vinyls, but as technology progressed we moved to cassettes, CDs, and now streaming due to the convenience factor.

Vinyl sounds better - Yes, but the ease of listening is outdated. I just don’t want to be limited to having to listen to 1 album all the way through like it’s 1987 again lol.

Thoughts?

I like art so I like collecting the artwork of my favorite albums. Especially the albums with alternative artwork

can sound better as you said (although in more recent years cheap pressings have made that less true). The art, the medium at which they are played can be very aesthetically pleasing as well

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art, it sounds better (for the most part), plus the fact that it is physical so it has much more sentimental value

Some also like the ritual of picking out an album, placing it on the platter and letting it play out in its entirety, as the artist may have intended

Looks cool

jazz on vinyl >>>>>>>>

you don't have to pay out the ass for a decent pressing with the amount of reissued classics nowadays

I dont get the interest in collecting rap albums on vinyl but albums with actual instruments sound amazing with a good record player set up

vinyl doesnt sound better. lossless digital is a far more accurate representation of the original source recording. its more the tactile experience that people enjoy. think about it tho. you think a groove can possibly hold more information than an audio file? i can absolutely see the appeal but its nonsense to think they sound better.

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It's gone up recently because artists and labels learned how to capitalize on it to the point where literal 10 year olds are asking mom for Taylor Swift records at target thinking the player comes inside the purchase

The interest overall has to do with collecting music, making it a hobby in regards to your equipment in the same sense as an audiophile would, and/or supporting musicians in a better way than steaming

I've had 4 or 5 players in the past 15 years and started buying random records as early as 2005 at garage sales cause I thought it was neat (and always had a huge CD/mp3 collection), now I just like owning and listening to my own physical music while supporting the musicians, usually small bands with limited presses that are cheap anyways

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CD’s are better in every single way

Ohhh noooo you can’t hang up the big square picture on your wall?? 😭

vinyl absolutely doesn’t sound better. you could say the crackles sound ‘warm’ or whatever but the quality just isnt close to a juicy wav file. i used to have a moderately big collection, and most of the appeal to me was the art/packaging. apart from that, i found that vinyl creates a more thoughtful listen - choosing the record out of yr own built collection, having the liner notes in front of you, the tactile a***og interaction w the turntable… much more meaningful than streaming. also, yr local record store is always a cool place to be and chat w music snobs.

They look cool in my room

idk y i spent so long on my answer this is it

some albums are mastered differently so its definitely possible for a vinyl record to sound better than a lossless recording, with most new albums that isnt the case tho

I like the s***ty sizzle sound it makes and it sounds like it’s being played through wood if that makes sense.

And big album art too.

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The interest of vinyl kinda comes from the fact that in the 80s the whole process from tape to vinyl was 100% a***og but now with albums being recorded on a computer and then pressed onto vinyl it doesn't really make sense, the best quality today is still CD.
It's mostly the collection factor, most people who collect vinyl don't really listen to them, it's mostly to frame them

the 80s? lmao

From 1920s to the end of the 80s, yeah

just funny to write 80s when that's exactly when other formats like CD and cassette started to dominate the industry over vinyl

Yeah, around the 80s CDs started to appear but people still purchased vinyl for most of the decade.
For example, Michael Jackson's Thriller, AKA the biggest selling album of all time released in 1982 but had it's first CD pressing 3 years later in 1985.