I just went out and purchased a vintage record player and old tuner from a local “retro” place. I enjoy listening to the imperfections of vinyl. There’s something to putting an album on a turntable that is nostalgic and satisfying to me for some reason.
Go figure.
I remember listening to records of old library of congress “field recordings” where music was recorded..”live” [ of course ] on locations like front porches, backyards...and campfires all across america.
the recordings were a bit thin sounding..... but they were real!