Dgar

Do you collect music on vinyl, and have a record player?

Comment if I’ve missed an option.

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Yes, and play them often.
17.6%
Yes, but rarely play them.
27.7%
Collect vinyl, but don’t play them.
3.6%
No.
51.1%
Poll ended at .
Apr 9 at 5:03amWeb
Show threadkauerApr 9
@dgar I used to, but I disposed of my record collection some time ago after ripping those I could not get on CD. I used to put stickers on my record covers with my surname; it's amazing how many people have asked me, upon learning my surname, if I sold a copy of XYZ album... because if so, they now have it :-) 🙂
Show threadPatrick HadfieldApr 9
@dgar no, but I have an extensive collection of LPs from a time before digital music; I rarely play them.
Show threadDgarApr 9
@patrickhadfield nice 🤘classic album collection.
Show threadCockneyLaurieApr 9

@patrickhadfield @dgar

I certainly don't have an Extensive collection... but I have a few.

An ex of mine had a friend who did have his entire Bedroom wall as LP shelving storage must have been hundreds - now that was extensive - I wonder if he still has them

Show threadAnthonyApr 9
@dgar used to collect and played them even less and now they have been digitised they don't get played at all.
Show threadJason844 🙃Apr 9

@dgar Answered "Yes, but rarely play them" as the best answer.

I don't collect vinyl. I have the records I bought in the late 70s into the 1990s. I also have a turntable that I can attached to my stereo receiver. Haven't actually done that in years. 😜

Got a lot of CDs, too. I did replace the cassette tapes with CDs and disposed of the tapes.

I'm just a tad too young for 8-Track, but old enough to remember them!

Show threadcmdrSprocketApr 9
@dgar whenever I moved the moving contractors broke the record player (which was unused after repairing it). Finally I gave up on record players.
Show threadDavid de GrootApr 9
@dgar I *have* vinyl records, and a record player, but haven't added to the collection in a long long time.
Show threadalsvhaApr 9
@dgar I don't collect.
But I still have some records from the olden days and a player, also from olden days.
Show threadInaba  Apr 9
@dgar i wanna collect vinyl, and i wanna play them often !!
Show threadMaude NificentApr 9

@dgar
i’ve got about 20 that i haven’t been able to find on either a cd or streaming service… and a cd not on streaming service.

i have added some rather crappy digital copies of some tracks to my itunes library

Show threadMartin HowittApr 9
@dgar “collect” is a strong word. I have some vinyl.
Show threadDgarApr 9
@martinhowitt that’s fair. 🤘
Show threadOzzelot Apr 9

@dgar
Tesla. (Czechoslovakian)

And a collectible, numbered record... Fine, you got me, I collect.

Show threadOzzelot Apr 9
@dgar
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Show threaddlundhApr 9
@dgar I collect music on all manner of physical media.
Show threadLord HeeHaw IIApr 9
@dgar I/we even have Shellack discs (inherited), mainly from the 40s-50s, but play them less often, and not without changing the needle .
Show threadRoknrolApr 9
@dgar Not only a record player and records, but an old steel needle phonograph with a bunch of 10" albums from the early 1900's
Show threadDgarApr 9
@roknrol noice. 👍
Show threadcatraxx Apr 9
@dgar I think the literal only thing i miss about vinyl is the cover art. I wish we could have that back, but i'd prefer to have a usb stick inside with a max quality recording.
Show threadAntoApr 9
@dgar nope , CD's usually from secondhand stores
Show threadmcSlibinasApr 12
@antosullivan @dgar i searched for CD comment 😎
CD ftw!
Show threadSammiApr 9
@dgar Not only a vinyl record player but two cassette decks and two reel to reel tape decks. I am regressing to my youth rapidly..... Both physically and mentally lol
Show threadJochen MaderApr 9
@dgar I have a personal rule to buy a physical release of a band the moment I start listening to them repeatedly on Spotify. I am also not a playlist person so I only listen to full albums all day long. But having a family with kids means I don't really get many days where I can use my audio setup to blast things at full volume :)
Show threadPhilWillApr 9
@dgar I don't know if I could say I "collect" anymore, but I have a collection and occasionally buy an album on vinyl at a gig... mosy recent purchase at an actual record shop was a year or two ago, "Wall of eyes" by The Smile, last purchase at a gig, Elana Stone, Married to the Sound
The last record on the platter here was ABBA, Arrival (requested by the kiddos)
Show threadthefathippyApr 9

@dgar

You missed:

*No, I don't collect them as such. I am old & that's how music came.
😉

Show threadDgarApr 9
@thefathippy the omission of this option was a clear oversight.
Show threadSlash909ukApr 9
@dgar @thefathippy same here!
I still pick up the odd record in charity shops now and then. New releases I tend to buy the CD now and rip it immediately into my library.
Show threadMister DaveApr 9
@dgar "collect" as in "i sometimes purchase music that way", not as in "I'm a collector". it's mostly opportunism at estate sales and used bookstores
Show threadMartin RundkvistApr 9

@dgar I didn't start to buy records until my 20s from 1992 on. So I had very few vinyls. Lots of CDs and mp3 purchases.

#music

Show threadRyan2one3 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Apr 9
@dgar I collect but rarely play them. Just waiting for the kids to grow up and start liking #blackmetal so we can all enjoy. 😂
Show threadJohn MaxwellApr 9

@dgar I own both vinyl and a presumed-functioning turntable (OK, it almost certainly needs a new drive belt).

Both are relics of the time when vinyl was the only choice; haven't used it seriously since the early 90s.

Show threadNigelApr 9
@dgar ticked no but woulda ticked 'No not for decades but still have working (I hope) record deck and hundreds of albums which also haven't been played for decades' 😊
Show threadRealGene ☣️Apr 9
@dgar
There's a basically unrepairable fault in my tonearm, which makes one channel intermittent, so I haven't been playing vinyl until I can find a reasonably priced quality replacement, which is an oxymoron when it comes to this stuff.
Show threadKahte🐿️Apr 9
@dgar I'm not, but my husband does, collect and play the vinyl ^^
Show threadReayApr 9

@dgar We have a 40-pound dog who makes our floor bounce a bit when he passes. Not conducive to having a turntable playing.

BUT, I’m definitely not saying it’ll never happen. If it does, we’ll just have to rig something up to offset the bounce and vibrations.

Show threadJohn Rohde JensenApr 9
@dgar Vinyl were a thing in my youth but I always found it rickety so CD's were a revelation.
In my older years I've looked pretty deep into vinyl and record players and have concluded it's not for me.
By now I'm deep into digital recording and processing my own stuff.
Show threadkpfssportApr 9
@dgar I have the living fear of breaking vinyl
Show threadUnknown PseudoartistApr 9

@dgar no, and honestly I never understood what makes vinyls that special. Sure, the ritual to pick the disc and put it in the player before listening and all that, but contrary to the common belief I think it sounds worse than CD and lossless digital.

So my preferred method is still to listen to digital files locally, and I have a bunch of physical CDs collecting dust in my shelves because I used them only once to rip them lol.

Show threadBean Club Apr 10
@dgar oh that reminds me, I just found out about this today! https://recordstoreday.com/Stores?country=select
Show threadXander FwoofApr 10
@dgar I activelly collected music on vynal from about 1995 to 2005, no 2010 or so, haven't played my vynal since 2012, because I don't have room to have my turntable and phono preamp and stuff hooked up, but I will never forget hwot o cue records, and even cut and scratch a lil bit lol., :)
Show threadXander FwoofApr 10
@dgar I was dj bookshelf stereo, and dj regular turntable too, I'm no virtuoso, but I know how to do a decent cut.
Show threadNevar23Apr 10
@dgar I have quite a few of the records I bought as a kid/teen, but currently have no player. I've resisted diving in to buying/collecting new vinyl because I know that as soon as I do, it's going to absolutely eat my budget. 😆 But it's so tempting!
Show threadthefathippyApr 10

@dgar

Did I already reply? Oh well 🤷

No. I don't collect vinyls. I own vinyls from when that was how recorded music came. Long ripped

Show threadDgarApr 10
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Show threaddonutage (Bill Cole)Apr 10

@dgar @nevar23 I voted as "no", but I do in fact have a turntable and all my old vinyl. I just don't have the test of the components I'd need to *play* them. I keep meaning to cobble something together, but, you know…

Not really buying any more vinyl. New stuff I mostly buy digitally & listen on my computer/phone. I also buy used CDs to rip into my library.

Show threadKarstenApr 10
@dgar Yes, _and_ I rarely play them 😉
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Show threadSpace Catitude 🚀Apr 11
@dgar
It's more like I still have a few records from years back, plus a few newer ones. I bought a turntable a couple of years ago, and listen just occasionally.
Show threadMaj1, THE AstrosquirrelApr 11
@dgar Have LPs but not had a deck for a long time - lack of space … hopefully addressed once I have dumped about 70% of the junk I hoard!
Show threadYer Pal, Mr. Cuzn Ed (he/him)Apr 11
@dgar
I still have a crate of records from my childhood. (Which are mostly my brother’s, actually.) And i got a bad turntable for digitizing them.
Basically, if i have the vinyl, it’s because i haven’t found it on CD. Because of course i’m holding onto whatever physical media I have of each title for insurance.
But for listening or “collecting”? Nah.
Show threadAlicjaApr 11

@dgar

Since there's an option for "collect but do not play", there logically should be an option for the inverse. Playing them but not collecting them.

"I play them, but they're not mine. I steal them".

Show threadMees 🔻Apr 11
@dgar we have a record player - and have been intending to check if it works for over a year. Maybe two.
Show threadHotter, even more cross BunnyApr 11

@dgar

Oh, baby. I'm a BIG purchaser of Vinyl! Both vintage and new! I'm 53 and was still buying vinyl in High School. I seldom turn down a freebie either. Have CRATES of them! Never been more jazzed than when it started making a resurgence and bands started pressing again!

Now, what I HAVEN'T found is a stereo that impresses me as much as the one my parents had.

Show threaddau Apr 11
@dgar no, my family lives by the sage rules of "we don't buy vinyl because we have no record player" and "we don't buy a record player because we have no vinyl" and it's worked pretty well so far
Show threadMaddad ☑️Apr 12

@dgar

I voted no, but there was a time when I had a lot of vinyl.

I wish I had it now though.😢

Show threadDavid BridgerApr 12
@dgar Got about 500 LPs, mainly my own rock, prog rock, and soul from my 70s teens, and then my mum's jazz and classical.
Show threadHydrianApr 12
@dgar I don't own vinyl. For high-quality sound, I use CDs or FLAC files.