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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium

In my days of youth, I owned approx. 800 records. I actually didn't listen to them that much except to record them to tape. I actually preferred to listen to FM radio (in those days, KEZE out of Spokane) because FM radio in those days was actually very listenable. KEZE played the music I liked and I didn't have to get up every 15 minutes and flip the LP. The cassettes were for the car.

Anyway, after a couple of years in the Army in the early 90s, I had the cash to upgrade my gear, and that included an almost top of the line Onkyo DX-1400 CD player. To my ears, it was miles better than my low-end Dual turntable, but that's really comparing apples and oranges. The short story is I stopped buying LPs.

I still own that CD player and I use it regularly at work. The beauty of the old Onkyos is that the laser pick-ups are still available. I also upgraded the OPAMPS and I'd still listen to it over a turntable.

The current LP prices seem high, but I think they are in line with 80s prices if you factor in inflation. Nonetheless, I personally don't view them as worth the money; the good deals are in used CDs as well as used CD players.

Vinyl's biggest problem that I see is that there are limited machines (and parts) to cut the record, and probably even fewer guys now that know what they are doing cutting the record.

I agree with what other posters have mentioned and that is if I know what I want (whether LP or CD), I am going to check out Amazon and Discogs first). If I'm in Turn it Up HiFi checking out amps and speakers, I'll check out the records, but I don't go there with the intent of buying records.

The moral of the story, though, is to listen to whatever you want.

Was any of this in English?