The Top 5 reasons NOT to buy a turntable!

Or maybe vinyl is exactly what you need!

0:00 Intro
0:38 The Number 5 reason NOT to get into vinyl!
1:40 Number 4
2:27 Number 3
3:30 Number 2
4:20 Number 1
5:01 Vinyl for audiophiles
6:23 Vinyl for life!
8:40 Audiophiliac Viewer System of the Day!
10:28 Outro

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[rossalthor]

I had never listened to a vinyl record before a couple of years ago. I pulled my dad's 45 year old system out of storage on a whim, and I'm still in disbelief at how good they sound. I've listened to records every day since. Maybe it's just me but when the music is literally spinning there in front of you I can feel some connection to the music.

[fabathome]

Interesting video. To counter:
Top 5 Reasons to Get Into Vinyl
1, You are off grid, nobody knows what you are listening to
2, You own your music
3, Artwork/Lyrics
4, You listen to a whole record as it was intended
5, Record shopping and hunting for wants is part of the whole vinyl experience and an instant memory is made when you buy them.

[hansj]

I started vinyl a year ago because I got fed up with myself and Spotify.
I couldn't handle having all that choice. Rarely did I listen to a full album on Spotify. It's always skip skip skip.
Vinyl is almost like meditation. Love it ❤️

[Leicaphile]

Telling people not to bite into forbidden fruit makes them want to do it more. Excellent plan Steve!

[amarketing]

I got out of vinyl in the late 80's and thought CD's were the end game. I then thought that creating playlists and streaming was really "it". am back to vinyl and just love the whole experience of listening to an LP. I love to experiment with different phono preamps, cartridges, etc. I enjoy the music better listening to an entire record vs skipping to my favorite songs. Researching and buying new music on vinyl, as well as 1980's and 90's reissue LP's is just fun. It can definitely get expensive. I know that my wife has no idea what I spend on certain

[LA-dbxj]

As a retired individual. All of the #3 reasons he listed are exactly why I am enjoying my vinyl now more than ever. The steps it takes to enjoy playing an LP "force" me(just figuratively speaking) to slow down and enjoy the moment. I don't always want to be in "hurry-up" mode because everyone is. It's my time to just...relax!

[ProgRockKeys]

I was the guy, back in the 90s and early 00’s, accepting everyone else’s record collections. They were literally giving them away, and even though I still had a big move ahead of me, and I wasn’t necessarily even into their genre, I happily loaded them into my trunk and added them to my collection. I’ve got so much more Willy Nelson, Country, and Bob Dylan than I’ll ever need, but I like having access to those alternate worlds, right on my shelf. I enjoy putting on my guest’s favorite music when they stop by, so they can hear how warm, lush and musical their favorite music can sound.

[madamimadam]

Last weekend I setup a fanless NUC pc with "Daphile" open source streaming software running on Linux in bit-perfect mode. The real-time kernel and dedicated PC finally makes my Schiit Bifrost sing. Tidal finally sounds good, really good! The music just hangs in the air, black background. It exceeds anything I could get out of my vinyl. I took down my Kyocera PL601 W/ Shure 94(?) off the wall and put away my 100 or so albums. I'm done. Digital never sounded better and I'm walking away from my beater vinyl that served me well when CD's cost 15 and albums were 9. I had to be thrifty in 1984 and they're all used and beat up. Moving on!

[willburdick]

Absolutely agree. Thanks. I have numbers 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 if you need them.

[mikeaustin]

Vinyl v. Cd is a debate that will outlive most of us. At 68 years of age, I still play vinyl that I bought 50 years ago. Since my records have only been played on audiophile turntables, their sound remains extraordinary. I have two tables, a Rega P6 and a Rabco ST-8, each with hideously expensive cartridges. It is difficult to put into words the sonic beauty that comes from them.

[titntin]

Its not for me anymore, but I still love the type of harmonic distortion it provides so I love the sound.
BUT - there's a reason my 35 year old Roksan Xeroxes' rosewood turntable remains sitting in my attic, in fact several.
As I've gotten older and lost my heath and mobility, finding the music you want, putting it on and then getting up to change it is so much effort I listened to less and less music. My 2000 LP's take up so much room its impractical to keep them in my room.

Now I use a Naim Atom and I have access to just about everything in the world, I've never enjoyed music more and myself and my wife have gone back to spending most evenings just sitting down and listening. Digital has made me get my hi fi mojo back.

[RCALivingStereo]

I’d rather spend the money and buy vinyl 😂 and a good turntable
The experience and memory for me outweighs the other reasons

[itl]

Amazing video! Love the angle you gave to someone trying to make the decision to go in now or not. You could also say that the vinyl technology continues to improve (both media and equipment) and it's never too late. But I agree 100% that you need to be passionate at this point as there're plenty of cons if you're coming from a 'plug and play' digital world.

[kurtburkhardt]

As an older audiophile I had many large systems with reel to reel, 8 tracks, cassettes and of course many different turntables. As a Sound Engineer and a Theater Technical Director I have tuned analyzed and listened to Multi hundred thousand dollar systems for a living. As a DJ and music lover since the 70's I've never been a fan of records due to skipping, noise and general hassle using them. Once I got a good Marantz cassette deck I transferred my records to cassettes, eventually getting a 3 head Teac deck with DBX noise reduction. Was a big cassette fan, even had DBX in my car. Once CD's came out I never looked back. I did finally buy a Pioneer DJ turntable with a decent cartridge a few years ago and my old albums are in great condition as I barely played them. Some of my old albums aren't available on CD or streaming so I occasionally play them. I prefer smaller simple systems now, Have a Yamaha R-100 receiver, Marantz CDR510 CD player, TeacV2RX cassette deck, Pioneer PLX-500 and ADS 710 speakers. It's by no means the finest audiophile equipment available and most of it is way over 20 years old. Good records on a great system sound good. For me digital sounds better and is way more convenient so yes, I agree with your 5 reasons and have a few of my own as well...

[NothingLikeVinyl]

There's a gag cartoon that says "the two things that really drew me to vinyl were the expense and the inconvenience", and that seems to be my case. I am perfectly aware of the technical and practical advantages of CDs over vinyl but still, CDs have never exerted the fascination that vinyl records did on me from the cradle. I started buying CDs just when I realized that I had to do it if I wanted to keep collecting music, when the vinyl industry died in my country in mid 90s. During that time, my lifelong vinyl fever remained in a hibernation state and, fortunately, I didn't make the mistake of getting rid of my LPs. My vinyl collection didn't grow on those days, but I never stopped taking care of it. As soon as I realized that vinyl wasn't dead, my fever returned stronger than ever. I appreciate CDs for what they are, but I can never feel toward them the same I feel about vinyl records.

[enrigimeno]

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[orelove]

I thought I was out, but vinyl pulled me back in.

I put away the turntable in the mid-'90s. I didn't want to be that guy who was always yelling at his kids over stuff. A few years later I divested 90% of my album collection. But CDs were never a passion for me. They did not sound right, did not feel right. No emotional connwction..

The kids grew up. Four years ago my daughter gave me a suitcase record player and the remastered Led Sell debut album. It all came flooding back! I now own twice as many LPs as I did in my heydey. I'm running my vintage Demon DP2550A with Micro Seiko MA505 arm and a Pioneer PL41 set up for mono. I can't quit you, vinyl, and I will never try to again.

[charlesjefferis]

Yup, 69 years old and have had the passion since spinin’ records on my parents record player when I was 3 years old. No better experience. Nice video, Steve.

[jasonsmith]

Oh, what a fun topic and hilarious and informative way you tackle it. I got into vinyl about 10 years ago and am way deep into the rabbit hole. It is more expensive and of course there are so many rituals involved so it takes a lot more time and effort, but when it all comes together it is by far a more heart and soul experience that brings you closer to the music. That said, I'll never want to move out of my house now because all this stuff is heavy!

[homerjones]

Another reason for not getting into vinyl: the pairing of analog equipment is so very critical. So many choices of cartridges with different stylus shapes and output, phono preamps, the table itself, platters, tonearms, belt/DD, head shells, connecting cables. And throw in a cleaning regiment or machine to add even more time/cost/uncertainty to the mix. With all of that said, I’m currently cleaning and listening to hundreds of records that I picked up, and am enjoying it immensely.