Do you buy vinyl?

deano · Post by **deano** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:18 pm

Only if i cannot buy it digitally

JimmaJamJamie · Post by **JimmaJamJamie** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:14 pm

Yes i do.

For the people that say vinyl is dead/a dying platform, i started DJ'ing about 7-8 months ago and thats when i started buying vinyl. 2 of my friends also started buying vinyl at this time so it just shows that vinyl isn't dying if people are still starting to collect it now.

VINYL FTW!!!

abZ · Post by **abZ** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:42 pm

I have a decent sized collection from buying vinyl over the years. I quit buying electronic music on vinyl a year or so ago tho. I never sell them, I am not a collector so why bother. I can't afford them anymore anyway. I can't even afford MP3's right now, been relying on producers donating them to my poverty stricken ass.

Oh and I still do buy vinyl tho, just old records now, Jazz and classic rock and shit.

hamual · Post by **hamual** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:56 pm

Don't think I'll ever stop, been doing so for nearly 10 years, the difference in sound is well worth it. Admitted if your just playing on a bedroom stereo you may not notice between cd/mp3 & wax, but the minute you get on a big stack it SHOWS. To be honest if dubstep started out solely on digital i don't think I'd even listen to it, it was the whole 'plate' thing that got me interested. Big up all the labels still pressing, especially the ones who ONLY press, no digital, & a big fuck you to anyone uploading (or downloading) vinyl rips, dickheads

ianfm · Post by **ianfm** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:59 am

I try to buy tunes on vinyl now, to me it feels more like actually owning something.

gettingcolder · Post by **gettingcolder** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:23 am

i buy vinyl, almost exclusively. not much though at the moment cos there aren't many releases i feel i need to own.
have never downloaded a (single) tune, neither legally nor illegally. that's true

but i do download mixes of course.

ST100 · Post by **ST100** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:02 am

hibbie05 wrote:Buying vinyl is an addiction

true say.

lil-tee · Post by **lil-tee** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:21 am

i would buy a lot more vinyl than i do if chemical weren't out of stock of everything i wanted

dopelabs · Post by **dopelabs** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:22 am

as long as vinyl keeps getting pressed.. ill keep buying it.

atomic dogg · Post by **atomic dogg** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:25 am

Vinyl, so much so that I don't eat, just buy vinyl, helped me loose a lot of weight plus if I'm ever hungry i get those free samples from the supermarket or bakery.

spire · Post by **spire** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:54 am

mattron wrote:
hibbie05 wrote:Buying vinyl is an addiction
true say.

absolutely, i like being able to hold my tunes in my hands. i can see vinyl, feel it, admire it even. its a deeeeep love. kinda weird.

wormcode · Post by **wormcode** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:07 am

Yes. Although not nearly as much as I used to.. record shops have become a bit scarce these days unfortunately , and buying vinyl online seems a bit risky.. though I do it once in a while. I still buy loads of older vinyl though as crate digging is still one of my hobbies, I usually go 2 or 3 times a month.

uncle bill · Post by **uncle bill** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:30 am

No.

I bought a lot of vinyl from the late 80s to the early 00s. Then I got a decent PC and switched to buying CDs and digital files.

The last vinyl record I bought was my first ever dubstep purchase - a Plasticman 12" towards the end of 2004. I've got hundreds of records in other genres. I bought mainly vinyl from the late 80s when I was in my early teens onwards.

I like vinyl but it's expensive to manufacture which means it's expensive to buy. I do recognise the difference in sound quality but I'm not a DJ so I'm not playing my music through a massive system - just through HiFi speakers or headphones at home. CDs and decent quality MP3s are both good enough for the way I listen to music and are much more affordable.

mr jangle · Post by **mr jangle** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:24 am

i bought a shit load of vinyl over the past 3 or 4 years, moved over to mp3 because i'm now a poor student and i cant be fucked lugging a huge bag down to nights. i will start buying wax again when i have a job i reckon

godflesh fiend · Post by **godflesh fiend** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:24 am

I only buy vinyl.

I feel violated If I buy a cd.

In a perfect world ALL vinyl releases would come with a free download code.

fork · Post by **fork** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:29 am

Yeah, every week for the last 5 years.

jikay · Post by **jikay** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:53 am

I don't but any!

uncle bill · Post by **uncle bill** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:01 pm

Godflesh Fiend wrote:I only buy vinyl.

I feel violated If I buy a cd.

But seriously, why?

Like I said, I bought mostly vinyl for fifteen years. It's not that I don't know the difference but if anything I feel more "violated" by spending £5 / £6 on two tracks I can buy for £1.79 at Boomkat or about the same on a CD album or compilation.

Should I move this to the unpopular opinions thread on the Ninjas forum?

bassrael · Post by **bassrael** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:58 pm

Lowpass wrote:I buy vinyl

I DJ

Preacha · Post by **Preacha** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:18 pm

i buy new vinyl online (BIG UP redeye) at least once a week and try to go digging in stores at least once a month

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