Is Vinyl a Meme?

My two best friends are into vinyl, and I always thought it was a stupid money sink, but lately I've been seriously considering it. Is vinyl a meme? Why or why shouldn't I start collecting and listening?

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I could imagine collecting vinyl just for the sleeve and to have physical collectibles of music they like, rather than thinking vinyl is the most efficient way to have music stored.

It's a meme if you're planning to use it as the main source of listening. But it holds value in a physical sense like a collectable or piece of art.

This pretty much

I collect a lot of vinyl but don’t listen to the music on that format much. Usually it’s to give support to the artists (normally buy vinyl of more underground stuff) and like to collect limited edition ones (different colors and patterns).

This is the correct take. I collect vinyl because I like having a physical collection of my favorite albums. Also paying for digital music is retarded so it's a way of supporting the artists I like.

The quality is mostly from having a real stereo and not just headphones or a computer

But having a physical object that is analogous with your favorite album is a good experience. If you listen to enough vinyl you appreciate albums and longer compositions more imho

Isn't $25 dollars for a collectible a bit much?

If you can afford it and care about the album, not really

>stupid money sink

yes

>Is vinyl a meme?

In a way

This. Do it, its great.

>spending $25 on something you're gonna mostly look at, not to mention the cost of speakers, a turntable, and a cartridge

Mostly look at? It will spend 99.9% of its life on a shelf where the only visible part is the least interesting. Vinyl is a fucking expensive hobby, dont forget $25 per new record is the starting price. If thats too much then vinyl is clearly not for you, nothing wrong with that.

I know this is a meme, but its also not too hard to buy lightly used readily available albums, and sought after new albums and have your entire collection appreciate in value. If you have a large collection its pretty much impossible to liquidate it all quickly for that profit, but carefully doing it album at a time it can pretty much pay for itself.

>poorfag complaints

i'm sure i'll get memed for this but vinyl is more about the ritual/experience of it than because it's the best listening format. i do like how it sounds but mostly it's about how cozy it is to put on a record and smoke pot and hang out with your friends/make out with your tinder date. also it feels gay to dance to music you're blasting on your computer but not to a record.

Exactly this 100%. Also playing a record makes me feel more connected to the music I'm listening to, and that's especially great if you have a strong emotional attachment to the albums you love.

>hearing the first few cracks on the run-in before your favorite record

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user, I started collecting again two years ago and since then have easily spent around 3k in equipment and records. Is it the most practical/cost effective way to enjoy music? Nah. That being said, I don't regret a single cent. There is something special vinyl.

das right :))

I like vinyl

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It's usually a dirty skippy sound but it has a nice EQ. I just collect if it's a valuable classic, i want a pretty copy, or I want a 192 transfer

Yes. Seriously...would buy buy books and hoard them?

I could understand some sort of vintage hobby to contrast with the remastered computer stuff. Or an old school DJ thing where it's about a raw sound and a break/hook for dancing.

Honestly I think its a total meme if you are getting into it for sound quality.
The main reasons why I enjoy vinyl are outside of that. I enjoy vinyl because I hate paying for digital copies and it gives me a way to support an artist I like. So I go to see that artist and in the way out I buy one of their LP's. I now have a memento of going to go see them and I have also supported them further. Another reason is I like the process of putting on an LP. It's almost like a ritual and makes listening to music extra comfy. Also I have a stand where I put the album cover while it plays so I can look at that while listening as well as read along with the lyric sheet, makes listening to music a lot less passive then with digital downloads.
Finally a lot of shit is not in digital form at all. So by having a record player that can convert into MP3's allows me to save a lot of cool shit I find at second hand stores and record fairs that I cant find online.
I have an AT LP120 and it sounds amazing.

PS. The art hoes love it.

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I do also hoard books, yes.

Kind of a meme. Theoretically, vinyl should sound better than digital... If you have a very good sound system, that is.

Yes, and you're stupid if you fall for the "new pressing" meme. You can still get old, used records for reasonable prices that play fine on turntables. There are also thousands of used CDs out there you can find for cheap prices since vinyl is the current meme format.

In fairness the sound quality was actually better than CD and digital for a fairly long time. It's only really recently that high quality digital sound has become available to the masses.

In these times of nearly unlimited access to all the music in the world, we’ve come to appreciate the value and beauty of the physical object. Our store’s focus is on presenting these items to you. Vinyl has returned to being a priority for us - not just for the warmth of the sound, but the interaction it demands from the listener. The canvas of artwork, the weight of the record, the smell of the vinyl, the dropping of the needle, the difficulty of skipping tracks, the changing of sides, the secrets hidden within, and having a physical object that exists in the real world with you… all part of the experience and magic.

Digital formats and streaming are great and certainly convenient, but the ideal way I’d hope a listener experience my music is to grab a great set of headphones, sit with the vinyl, drop the needle, hold the jacket in your hands looking at the artwork (with your fucking phone turned off) and go on a journey with me.

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the sole reason to have a physical collection

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You can't hold an LP record like that though

*blocks your path*

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/thread over

That's not an LP record.

Holy shit. Four sets of dubs in a row?

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It's collectible (different colored pressings, big album art, big inserts)
It's cool to have the albums that mean a lot to you on record, and outside of casual listening on your phone or pc or whatever, it's cool to sit down and play the whole record (or records, if it's a double album or just long) every once in a while. And there are sound qualities that you get on vinyl that you don't hear on digital, even with a cheaper setup if it's a good pressing or well mixed for the format. Now of course a fair amount of modern pressings aren't well considered and have shit vinyl mixing, so you have to do some research before you decide what to get. But for example, I have a pressing of Odelay by Beck that sounds crazy good, little nuances that don't come out in high quality digital files, i.e. the sound of the buzz of the acoustic guitar's fretboard, or super detailed rattling of cymbals, and the synths sound super rich. Now I'm sure with a crazy good DAC and FLAC shit you could get comparable digital sound, but I had a shit pyle turntable and monoprice cheap amazon speakers + cheapest pyle pre amp and cheapest off brand mini amp and I was able to hear this. It's cool and if you're smart you can get a pretty good setup on the cheap.

my discogs with "worth" over 3K so I hope not lol

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IMy take is that, somewhat ironically, it's the only media format that can't possibly become obsolete. The music is physically printed. It will last forever and nothing can overtake it like streaming did to CDs which overtook tapes.

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It's not a meme for me as my collection is largely passed down from my dad so it's a family thing I don't use it as a primary source of listening