Quote: (04-01-2019 11:52 AM)911 Wrote:
I think the idea of LPs as the equivalent of giant trading cards is totally hilarious. I guess that's why they sell LPs at places like Urban Outfitters.
That's a perfect analogy. That's pretty much what they are to me. Big, heavy, unwieldy trading cards. But the art is cool and if it's on see-through vinyl it's even cooler.
Notice everyone that everyone that starts the sentence "Vinyl does sound better" completes it with the "IF" part about equipment. Certainly there are audiophiles out there like yourself that have the systems necessary to make vinyl sound as good as digital, but I bet the majority of people buying vinyl don't invest in a proper system.
LP collecting is alive and well here in Japan, however. I was at a used record store in Osaka over the holidays and the place was packed with crazed collectors like something out of "High Fidelity," straining their eyes to carefully inspect the grooves on stuff they wanted to buy. There's definitely a "type."