Addicted to iTunes

[theinevitable]

It looks cool. I like the ritual of having to set everything up and put the needle down and listen to the songs in order. With music on a computer, I am always tempted to switch tracks, switch albums, brose the internet, watch Youtube...

When I buy an old used record, I feel like in some way I am listening to this the way it "should be," even though I know that is completely silly.

Mostly, I download whatever music I want off the internet for free. When I buy new records, it is to give money to the band and have a cool big cover art... it's like real-life Cover Flow.

Actually, I don't buy that many records. I bought the most when I lived in Charlotte, where records are cheap. Looking back, it is insane to me that I bought re-prints of old records. What is the point of owning a modern pressing of a Velvet Underground record? Who knows.

[Nabubrush]

I don't want to get too into it, and I don't come down on either side of the debate, but:

"This means that, by definition, a digital recording is not capturing the complete sound wave. It is approximating it with a series of steps. Some sounds that have very quick transitions, such as a drum beat or a trumpet's tone, will be distorted because they change too quickly for the sample rate.".

There are a billion other resources that say the same. YMMV, but some real dyed-in-the-wool audiophiles feel licorice pizza is the only way to go.

[CortJstr]

I will admit to vinyl as one of my affectations.* I don't own a lot of it but I do like to listen to it occasionally. I'm more likely to buy the vinyl if it's an album I think I'll sit down and listen to rather just having it on. Though 99% of the time I have my main iTunes playlist on shuffle in the background.



*The other main one is wearing a watch.

[Nabubrush]

I'm thinking I may start buying records again. My wife has a bunch of old collectable punk stuff, but I gave all mine away a long time ago.

[pmcd9]

I get what you are saying about really really listening to the music instead of it just being background noise.  For me, the times when I do my most concentrated listening are in the car or in bed.  Both of those are much better suited to digital music than an lp.  I do have an old record player and a bunch of 78s upstairs that belonged to my Aunt.  Every once in a blue moon I'll go up there and listen to old records

[Nabubrush]

When we had that party recently, after the bands played we spun records. It was pretty fun. We all got together and did the frug.

[greenkoolayd]

the frug.

dancers have the yummiest thighs [[drool]]

[Nabubrush]

Athletic thighs will get me every time.

[KeithHernandez]

I have hell of vinyl, I guess for a few reasons.  First and foremost, those shits were really cheap in Oklahoma.  Original press T-Rex Electric Warrior for 7 dollars?  Yeah, I'll buy that.  In Denver it is more expensive for less cool records, so I don't usually buy them, but every time I go to a record store I still get like $40 worth of shit. 

The other reasons are, like, yeah, I have well over 200 gb of mp3's.  Those completely replace any need for cds or tapes.  Vinyls actually sound better and you get to own your absolute favorite albums in a way that is actually worthwhile to own them (kick ass art, etc.).

[Nabubrush]

And not to be a hipster but if you have an original pressing of Martha Splatterhead in your music room, people know you mean business. They know you are not soft.