HudsonHawk
I'll Lock Up
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CDs are definitely more convenient, though they lack the ritual of putting a vinyl LP on the turntable. I think that lack of immediate convenience and ritual involved in vinyl is a big part of the appeal for a lot of collectors as well. It's the same reason that pipe-smoking is a hobby, but cigarettes are a nasty habit, or why we don't have myriad online forums dedicated to the art of shaving with a cartridge razor and foam from a can... The romance factor undoubtable matters, and enough I think to affect our perception.
I would argue that it’s not just perception alone, that there are objective differences in the sound of vinyl vs digital. Not that one is inherently “better”, but the difference is perceptible.
Likewise, since you’ll never convince me that on those 47-blade cartridge razor any more than the first blade does any actual cutting, that DE razors are more cost effective in the long run, which is a point in their favor.
That said, the rituals of shaving and putting on the record does sooth my troubled soul.
Certainly passes the time. As I've long said, pipe smoking is more of a hobby than a habit.
“A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth” - I’m sure said by someone.