[discostu]

I've got about 200, I didn't used to listen to them but then my wife got me a new turner, now I listen to them a lot. LPs are great, I listen to LPs at home and save the CDs for in the car, there's something about the tactile sensation of an LP that no other format will ever be able to compete with, I think that's why they're holding on and maybe even coming back with the hardcore music junkies. If there's a music format that will die it's cassettes, worse art presentation than CDs, worse sound than LPs, no amount of care can make them age well (eventually the glue holding that spongy thing in place dies no matter how careful you are), and no convenient way to sellect individual songs.

There is a lot of cool stuff already here, but my car doesn't fly and I don't have a jetpack, and because of that I'll never trust technology and social predictions.

[js1138]

No amount of care can preserve vinyl. The plastic depends on solvents for flexibility. Even if you never play them they will deteriorate. Even faster if you do play them.

Vinyl never lost its following among the devoted. Personally I hated it even when it was the best thing available. I hated the clicks and pops, I hated the distortion on loud passages. Most of my collection is classical. All the limitations of vinyl are at their worst on classical.