A couple of weeks ago I bought a new turntable as a new toy to cheer myself up. I've gotten surprisingly into collecting vinyls now, and my friends are getting really into it now too (I think I started a fad, now everyone plans on going out and buying a turntable) . Anyone else here collect vinyl? And I'm curious if you do whether or not you actually listen to them. My brother just collects them and has no intention of listening to them.

the only type of vinyl I've heard of is the eraser kind, and i'm pretty sure your not referring to those ( at least i hope not).

Interesting... Are you into DJing/Scratching? I used to be into that a long time ago. Me and my friends would always go to Tower Records and check out the new vinyls. We had a blast. The records we got were mostly hip-hop, dance and breakdancing stuff.

i have no player. and i bought a chicago base indie records that stopped recordings catalog... so i have like 5 vinyls that I have never heard.

my girlfriend collections vinyls
i got her a couple for her birthday

everytime i sleep over, we wake up, put on a vinyl, take a shower, flip it over, have breakfast

it's great

I do. Most new records are released on Vinyl. Nothing beats the sound of it.

No, no DJing.

Since I'm kind of unfamiliar with these its crazy how awkward I am getting them in and out of their sleeves. Haven't quite mastered that art yet.

Its great, some come with really cool goodies inside, some of the bands I listen to release their stuff vinyl only, the records theirselves are often in cool colors and whatnot. And the splits are great for finding new bands.

I think there is some appeal in just the ritual itself of putting the music on.

Ha I made this thread after I had just received a bunch I ordered from robotic empire... and then I went back and ordered a few more immediately after receiving my order.

I remember when I was kid, they had those kiddy record players. I loved the Star Wars ones. My sisters had the Smurf and Strawberry Shortcake ones. I also have some of 80's music from back in the day.

You should check out Tower Records, they have a crap load of vinyls.

http://www.tower.com/surf/explore/nav_exp/nav_2_browse.cfm?div_id=2&format=32

I actually thought about collecting vinyls at one point, but it gets pretty expensive.

As far as sound goes, you definitely can get better sound from analog as opposed to digital. Even though there are CD mixers out there, people still prefer to mix with vinyls when it comes to DJing. Same thing can be said with VHS/Beta compared to DVDs. VHS sucked compared to Beta, but you don't get digital fragments in either of those analog recorders compared to digital video. Your not going to get everything that you recorded in Analog when it's converted to digital.

Here's a link for some reference:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=375592

I buy vinyls sometimes, but I don't listen to them. I hang them up on my walls! I have 14 on my walls right now, some I bought myself, some I stole from my dad, some I got as gifts.