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Vinyl is the best at being vinyl, and if you value that CD’s don’t work for you. If you value CD’s for audio quality, you may as well just get the music digitally. There is no advantage to listening to a CD over the digital file that would be burned on said CD. If you’re into jewel cases/inserts/using CD players then you do you, some folks just enjoy that!
Vinyl is a multiple-step experience that some people value. It’s more visual, takes more time and care, and is overall just a more comprehensive hobby. For some people this is just work, so to them I say “don’t buy vinyl,” because it’s not for them.
Anyone who argues about “quality” and holds vinyl at the top is ignorant about file formats. But vinyl has a distinct sound and process that is unique to the medium. You can’t duplicate it, it has to be vinyl to experience it.
Want me to really piss everyone in this thread off? Any time I get a new record, I clean it thoroughly and then digitize it. I then cut it into “sides“ to host on my Plex server so I can listen to my records in my car/on the move in general.
If it’s a matter of ownership, CDs physically smaller and less fragile, but the digital bits seem to rot over time… does vinyl have a similar problem with longevity if stored properly?