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YES, BUT…

you really gotta rethink your relationship with music. I started buying records when I was a teenager and built up a pretty decent, curated collection over the years, but it’s really only worth it if you buy the albums you truly love and want to revisit over and over again. If you treat it like an extension of Spotify, where everything is available instantly, you will be broke and disappointed.
The other thing that people don’t tell you about buying vinyl is that it takes a lot of time. Buying used records is the cheapest way to build your collection, but that means rummaging through a lot of junk. This is fun! But it is also time consuming.

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Cds>lp

This is coming from a guy that loves 60s and 70s rock and folk and owns like 100 something LPs. Get CDs instead, you can play them in cars, on stereo systems, and portable CD players. cleaner than tape with no warble or belts to worry about and easier to store than LPs, only downside is the art is small and usually no fun insert's. I’d only get your absolute favs on LP they are probably gonna be expensive (30-70 bucks compared to 5-30 for CDs) but having the big cover, often times lyric sheets or posters, and my favorite part the back cover you’ll NEVER see on steaming. Sound great and really make you feel like you own a substantial part of the music. make sure you have shelves deep and tall enough for records too if you buy them. media Trade stores are the best if you aren’t already looking there.
TLDR: CDs for practicality LPs for gems

@buck_mulligan

May 17, 2024

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YES, IF YOU HAVE PATIENCE AND LOOK IN THE RIGHT PLACES

I generally don't spend $40+ on a vinyl, however I have a pretty extensive collection that I didn't spend much on individually. I think part of the fun of it is finding an album you love for a few bucks at an antique or thrift store (my best find was Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads in a $1 bin at a local shop). sometimes you do see an album you love but it's wayyyyyy overpriced and you just have to walk away and hope that you can find it elsewhere. there are several elusive albums that I've been searching for for a few years now and for me, the hunt is part of the fun of collecting them. I don't get a new one all the time but if you know where to look you can have a pretty big collection after a few years. but if you want physical media without the inflated prices due to vinyl being more trendy at the moment, Id go for CD's

@soulful_old_man_sunshine

May 17, 2025

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like sunday morning stored onto a cd.
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