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35love
Another angle:
Unless you live alone in a house without close neighbors, it is difficult to listen to your rock n roll out loud.
Gone are the days of youth with endless time and disregard for anyone else, lol.
Earbuds/ headphones. Exception when vehicle driving. No more vinyl here.
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35love
Another angle:
Unless you live alone in a house without close neighbors, it is difficult to listen to your rock n roll out loud.
Gone are the days of youth with endless time and disregard for anyone else, lol.
Earbuds/ headphones. Exception when vehicle driving. No more vinyl here.
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barbabang
5.1 is great but for stereo a stereo amp is the best in my experience. But as long as one enjoys listening to the music it is all good
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MononoM
what about VHS?
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liddas
They all coexist happily at my place, but the first choice now is digital (mp3 320 on my "old" ipod classic, wav or HD at home).
I am in the process of re-ripping my CD collection for the umpteenth time (first low quality mp3 to fit as many songs as possible in the early Ipods, then 320 mp3 now WAV ...)
Hate to admit it, but digital now sounds better.
I'm not into streeming services yet. To many places I go to with poor internet connection.
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filstan
Perhaps it can argued in either direction, but I view music in similar terms to reading. With music, I enjoy picking through my organized collections of LP's/45's and CD's. Same with videos.
I feel the same way about reading. I like to hold onto books and turn the pages. I used to love going to the library and search for titles. Got to the card catalog, find the titles, then off you go to find the book/books, check them out at the library counter, and take em home to read.
There is visual and physical aspect to this that differs from pulling something up on a computer screen or through a remote digital device.I understand and appreciate the convenience of having mobile access to audio and video entertainment. I utilize this myself. Nothing better though to me than finding an LP or Cd and putting it on a machine and sitting down to listen through some nice speakers. Same with picking up a book and just enjoy the pleasure of turning the pages to see whats going to happen next.
Listening to music is for me best appreciated through vinyl.
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Stoneage
Many here are talking about what they feel at ease with. But, maybe, the real question is: What will happen with your collection when you are ready for elderly care? Hence the title "The end of record collections".
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filstan
Perhaps it can argued in either direction, but I view music in similar terms to reading. With music, I enjoy picking through my organized collections of LP's/45's and CD's. Same with videos.
I feel the same way about reading. I like to hold onto books and turn the pages. I used to love going to the library and search for titles. Got to the card catalog, find the titles, then off you go to find the book/books, check them out at the library counter, and take em home to read.
There is visual and physical aspect to this that differs from pulling something up on a computer screen or through a remote digital device.I understand and appreciate the convenience of having mobile access to audio and video entertainment. I utilize this myself. Nothing better though to me than finding an LP or Cd and putting it on a machine and sitting down to listen through some nice speakers. Same with picking up a book and just enjoy the pleasure of turning the pages to see whats going to happen next.
Listening to music is for me best appreciated through vinyl.
Indeed there's so much more to something that's tangible vs. something that doesn't physically exist.
I built an enormous two sided shelving unit at my studio (a fair sized warehouse) that's apprx. 10ft high x 20ft across that juts out from a wall forming sort of a room divider - leaving a space on the far left of studio about 10 ft. wide - it's basically become like a separate room. Within that space, on the main wall is my stereo system, multiple guitars, amps, etc., while on the shelving unit side facing in is my collection of vinyl, cd's, cassettes, etc., filled from top to bottom. On the other side of the shelving unit that faces the large studio work space proper, every shelf is filled to the brim with books - all categorized. Most are art (and art history) books, many are music related books, some are Academic books (history, philosophy, theology, etc), and a few I've had since I was a kid - it's basically a mini-library. On a funny note, a couple of years ago a young whippersnapper was admiring all of the vinyl, books, etc. that was in this enormous shelving unit. As he was perusing and browsing around from top to bottom and shelf to shelf through the giant wall of music, he said "You know you could fit all of this into a device that would fit in your hand". I Looked at him and said perhaps so but that would be considered sacrilege and blasphemy in these sacred grounds, and to never speak such evil again in my presence lol. The little punk made a valid point, but there's no way on Earth I would get the same proper experience of my collection if it was on a little device in the palm of my hand. And what would happen if I were to ever lose that device? Or if it were to malfunction? Or if it became obsolete like floppy discs?
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Stoneage
Many here are talking about what they feel at ease with. But, maybe, the real question is: What will happen with your collection when you are ready for elderly care? Hence the title "The end of record collections".
As Rockman said on the previous page "Leave it to the family... they can deal with the removalist $$$fees"...
I sometimes joke with my wife that she's in for a massive problem when I pass away...not only my music collection, but tons of artwork scattered around and displayed at my studio (mostly paintings and sculptures).
Some of it complete, some are works in progress, some are bulky and heavy, some are massive in size, some are pieces of crap, and some are quite nice! Good luck with all that!
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Stoneage
Many here are talking about what they feel at ease with. But, maybe, the real question is: What will happen with your collection when you are ready for elderly care? Hence the title "The end of record collections".
As Rockman said on the previous page "Leave it to the family... they can deal with the removalist $$$fees"...
I sometimes joke with my wife that she's in for a massive problem when I pass away...not only my music collection, but tons of artwork scattered around and displayed at my studio (mostly paintings and sculptures).
Some of it complete, some are works in progress, some are bulky and heavy, some are massive in size, some are pieces of crap, and some are quite nice! Good luck with all that!
Aah..does the Art work have any investment value?
I would be happy to save your wife the bother of sorting it all whilst giving me a nice big pay day!