Why vinyl and CD's still sell.

[bill718]

Most of us have been there. You're working away on your computer, listening to your favorite music on You Tube, 3 1/2 minuets in the music stops, and a noisy bimbo in an apron starts chattering about car insurance, or some idiot who just OD'd on caffeine starts bellowing mindlessly about a restaurant chain (which is nowhere near where you live) You quickly hit the mute button and wait for the verbal vomiting to stop and your music to resume (as thoughts of automatic weapons dance through your head) 3-4 minutes later you're treated to the same "enriching" experience. This leaves you with 3 options:

1. Put up with it.
2. Buy a streaming service
3. Break out your old vinyl or CD's and tell You Tube to go and F**K itself!

Yes, Vinyl and CDs are old school, but many of us still have them, so let us reduce our blood pressure a bit by using them.

 

[1srelluc]

Meh:

 

[JoeB131]

Most of us have been there. You're working away on your computer, listening to your favorite music on You Tube, 3 1/2 minuets in the music stops, and a noisy bimbo in an apron starts chattering about car insurance, or some idiot who just OD'd on caffeine starts bellowing mindlessly about a restaurant chain (which is nowhere near where you live) You quickly hit the mute button and wait for the verbal vomiting to stop and your music to resume (as thoughts of automatic weapons dance through your head) 3-4 minutes later you're treated to the same "enriching" experience. This leaves you with 3 options:

1. Put up with it.
2. Buy a streaming service
3. Break out your old vinyl or CD's and tell You Tube to go and F**K itself!

Yes, Vinyl and CDs are old school, but many of us still have them, so let us reduce our blood pressure a bit by using them.

I still have my complete collection fo CD's (Mostly Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, and various classical music composers)

I also have a subscription to YouTube Music, and I listen to far more music on that.

 

[DGS49]

I listen to music when I'm doing mindless things like riding my bike, working out, or hiking. I can't listen while I'm doing anything that requires thought. Either I am listening or I am doing it, not both.

90% of my music listening is Pandora, a couple stations that I have evolved into essentially all of my favorite music. I just ignore the ads, and I've told myself for years that I should subscribe to get rid of the ads, but I never get around to it.

Parenthetically, there is a fairly major kerfuffle these days about whether it is appropriate for GOLFERS to be playing music from their carts while golfing. Is it rude or not? I would not golf with someone who does that, although it is common for golfers under Boomer age.

 

[westwall]

Most of us have been there. You're working away on your computer, listening to your favorite music on You Tube, 3 1/2 minuets in the music stops, and a noisy bimbo in an apron starts chattering about car insurance, or some idiot who just OD'd on caffeine starts bellowing mindlessly about a restaurant chain (which is nowhere near where you live) You quickly hit the mute button and wait for the verbal vomiting to stop and your music to resume (as thoughts of automatic weapons dance through your head) 3-4 minutes later you're treated to the same "enriching" experience. This leaves you with 3 options:

1. Put up with it.
2. Buy a streaming service
3. Break out your old vinyl or CD's and tell You Tube to go and F**K itself!

Yes, Vinyl and CDs are old school, but many of us still have them, so let us reduce our blood pressure a bit by using them.

Vinyl sounds the best of all if played through a good system. I have an old Bang & Olufsen 3000 turntable I bought new back in the 1980's. Linear tracking arm, magnetic induction drive, simply an incredible piece of equipment that performs better than turntables costing thousands.

 

[Lockback]

Vinyl sounds the best of all if played through a good system. I have an old Bang & Olufsen 3000 turntable I bought new back in the 1980's. Linear tracking arm, magnetic induction drive, simply an incredible piece of equipment that performs better than turntables costing thousands.

A great vinyl system is the best.
Unfortunately, I never had one and was pleased when records went out of favor. The only thing I miss about them is the liner notes.
My preferred media is the CD although I currently don't own a player and ripped all my CDs to a hard drive. But in a perfect world, I might return to CDs in the future. I used to have a great sound system built around a CD player. I don't have room for one now - too many guitars - and I have to listen through headphones anyway so I don't blow out all my neighbors.

 

[westwall]

A great vinyl system is the best.
Unfortunately, I never had one and was pleased when records went out of favor. The only thing I miss about them is the liner notes.
My preferred media is the CD although I currently don't own a player and ripped all my CDs to a hard drive. But in a perfect world, I might return to CDs in the future. I used to have a great sound system built around a CD player. I don't have room for one now - too many guitars - and I have to listen through headphones anyway so I don't blow out all my neighbors.

Fortunately I can serenade the forest around me as loud as I want.

It's cool watching how the animals react to the different types of music too.

They love classical, not so much the rock and roll though!

 

[Lockback]

Fortunately I can serenade the forest around me as loud as I want.

It's cool watching how the animals react to the different types of music too.

They love classical, not so much the rock and roll though!

You lucky bastard.

 

[westwall]

You lucky bastard.

Yeah, I really am.

 

[Sparker]

I learned how to tweak the browser with addons and settings, especially Ublock Origin. I hear youtube ads mostly in the presence of old people who can't use desktops, so they use Roku with familiar tech, the TV remote. Any music I like is a download, since the videos and audio files may disappear from the internet later. What I consider to be my large music collection is 52 GB, which can fit in many portable mp3 players. It's a tiny bit of space on my hard drive. Keeping a backup drive is still much more convenient than keeping stacks of CDs. I don't plan to ever buy another CD.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Vinyl is great, but MP3s does have some advantages.
I have a library of over 40K MP3 songs.
About 99% were shared with me for free.
I could never buy or store that many CDs or vinyl records.
It is easy to find songs and create play lists with MP3s.
Part of library is the top 100 songs by year from 1959 to 2000.
There is a huge collection of albums in it.
And it all fits on a jump drive.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

The only time that I buy a record is when it's the only way to find whatever music I am looking and so yes, I do have a few records, but CDs will always be my top preference. My last musical purchase was last Friday at Amazon, but it was a digital download purchase. Right now, that is the only way to purchase the song that I got which is "These Hands" from country singer James Otto.

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly (a fan of him since 2008)

P.S. I don't do Spotify or any of the other online place other than You Tube. I'm still more than happy to support my favorite singers by purchasing their masterpieces.

 

[Chuz Life]

A great vinyl system is the best.
Unfortunately, I never had one and was pleased when records went out of favor. The only thing I miss about them is the liner notes.
My preferred media is the CD although I currently don't own a player and ripped all my CDs to a hard drive. But in a perfect world, I might return to CDs in the future. I used to have a great sound system built around a CD player. I don't have room for one now - too many guitars - and I have to listen through headphones anyway so I don't blow out all my neighbors.

My family used to have a turntable that you could stack LPs or 45's on that would automatically start a new record playing when the previous one ended.

I was mesmerized by that thing. Even though I was too young to appreciate most of the music being played.

 

[Lockback]

My family used to have a turntable that you could stack LPs or 45's on that would automatically start a new record playing when the previous one ended.

I was mesmerized by that thing. Even though I was too young to appreciate most of the music being played.

I remember those well, I'm sad to say ...

 

[Chuz Life]

Curious.

What made you chuckle about that?

 

[g5000]

Most of us have been there. You're working away on your computer, listening to your favorite music on You Tube, 3 1/2 minuets in the music stops, and a noisy bimbo in an apron starts chattering about car insurance, or some idiot who just OD'd on caffeine starts bellowing mindlessly about a restaurant chain (which is nowhere near where you live) You quickly hit the mute button and wait for the verbal vomiting to stop and your music to resume (as thoughts of automatic weapons dance through your head) 3-4 minutes later you're treated to the same "enriching" experience. Th+is leaves you with 3 options:

1. Put up with it.
2. Buy a streaming service
3. Break out your old vinyl or CD's and tell You Tube to go and F**K itself!

Yes, Vinyl and CDs are old school, but many of us still have them, so let us reduce our blood pressure a bit by using them.

My youngest daughter is a vinyl fan. She has a huge collection.

But she is also a big user of Spotify and is in fact the number one listener of her favorite band on Spotify.

If you are using YouTube to listen to music, you're doing it wrong.

 

[Lockback]

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Curious.

What made you chuckle about that?

How old I am.

 

[Chuz Life]

How old I am.

I got it, after your "sad to say" comment.

Thanks!

 

[g5000]

Most of us have been there. You're working away on your computer, listening to your favorite music on You Tube, 3 1/2 minuets in the music stops, and a noisy bimbo in an apron starts chattering about car insurance, or some idiot who just OD'd on caffeine starts bellowing mindlessly about a restaurant chain (which is nowhere near where you live) You quickly hit the mute button and wait for the verbal vomiting to stop and your music to resume (as thoughts of automatic weapons dance through your head) 3-4 minutes later you're treated to the same "enriching" experience. This leaves you with 3 options:

1. Put up with it.
2. Buy a streaming service
3. Break out your old vinyl or CD's and tell You Tube to go and F**K itself!

Yes, Vinyl and CDs are old school, but many of us still have them, so let us reduce our blood pressure a bit by using them.

Look for a Chrome extension called Adblock For Youtube. Works like a charm on my PC.

 

[g5000]

Vinyl is great, but MP3s does have some advantages.
I have a library of over 40K MP3 songs.
About 99% were shared with me for free.
I could never buy or store that many CDs or vinyl records.
It is easy to find songs and create play lists with MP3s.
Part of library is the top 100 songs by year from 1959 to 2000.
There is a huge collection of albums in it.
And it all fits on a jump drive.

One of my favorite comedians is Gary Gulman. You will like this bit below. If you don't want to watch the entire five minutes, jump to the 2 1/2 minute mark for the part about music.