10 reasons NOT to buy Vinyl Records

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @rocketrod1444
    @rocketrod1444 10 месяцев назад +24

    I've got a 4k plus collection of vinyl ( Heavy Metal / Hard Rock ), been collecting for about 45 years . Price has never bothered me , it's a passion for music which keeps me collecting . A physical copy is much better than streaming IMO .

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  10 месяцев назад +2

      Holy crap!! That’s a ton of records. I’ve had to slow my collecting down due to inflation but still buy when I can.

  • @davidcarter3109
    @davidcarter3109 6 месяцев назад +3

    Hi thanks for your video. I live in the UK in a rented flat. It’s a small flat. I collect Jazz, The Blues and Old Soul. Currently I have 6 storage record crates for my collection, which is only 323 albums. I’m a pensioner so money is tight. I don’t drink, smoke, or have a car, so I get by.

  • @mabuie
    @mabuie 9 месяцев назад

    New sub! Love this channel. I started collecting albums back in the late 80s but switched to CDs (about a 1000 or so). I have uploaded all of my CDs to my computer but still kept them. I got back into vinyl about 5 years ago and i have noticed the steady uptick of price. Still love hunting for records. Not afraid to go in the dollar bins or the Goodwill store to find stuff.

  • @michaelturner4457
    @michaelturner4457 9 месяцев назад +1

    About getting up and changing records. I remember when I was young, dad used to stack about 5-6 records on the auto-changer in the family radiogram, and then they would play continuously for about 2 hours or more. I always liked watching the records drop down the spindle, and the arm moving by itself. Myself I stopped buying and listening to records in early 90s.

  • @bonscott6353
    @bonscott6353 10 месяцев назад +4

    Started buying vinyl in 1988, by 1990 i had my first cd player i never looked back. Sold my 50 ish collection in 1999. I never got an attachment to vinyl i prefered cds straight away mainly for reason 3 . The only benefit of vinyl is you get the artwork in all its glory

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  10 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah with vinyl you need a clean copy and a great setup to get the audiophile grade listening experience. I had a huge cd collection as well and sold them years ago. Wish I held on to them.

    • @budsmoker4201120
      @budsmoker4201120 6 месяцев назад +1

      Lol,😂😂😂

    • @buddhawasright
      @buddhawasright 4 месяца назад

      AC/DC🤣😅

  • @savagemidnight3779
    @savagemidnight3779 10 месяцев назад +8

    This list is funny knowing you’re a collector but the price of records now is out of hand I agree.

    • @maniaque37
      @maniaque37 6 месяцев назад +1

      there are many stores selling used vinyl. i can find some for 2 dollars. i also see new albums around 25 dollars and even sometimes less. i even find a vinyl at same price or cheaper than a cd sometimes. you have to shop around and you can also get good music with used vinyl.

  • @Mastabas2112
    @Mastabas2112 4 месяца назад +1

    Im 51 years old. Ive been into music and albums since 1978 when I got my first record, Kiss Rock and Roller over in record. I also play guitar. I have rebought almost every album ive ever had on vinyl for the the 3rd time in my life. I have 100 records. 90% of all my favorite bands catalogs. It took me a year going to my local record shop, a few out of town and mostly on Amazon and discogs. I have about 50 to go to have everything i have ever want to own. The average price i spent on a record is about $15. Most of them were used for less than $10. The most i spent is $35 on a double live album new. So yes, ive spent 1500 bucks in a year. Thank you stimulus money! Music has been a major part of my life for alkost my whole life. Call me close-minded, limited taste or whatever, but im constantly mind boggled when somebody owns over 150 albums, unless they just want everything. Ive spent years building a connection with around 10 bands with at least 10 albums in their catalog who are all about as old as me, 50th, such as kiss just celebrating their 50th. I cant possible think of or find the time to invest in more music than that and thats all i need fir the hopefully 30 years left on this planet.

  • @DaveGava
    @DaveGava 10 месяцев назад +5

    Vinyl hasn't been close to being surpassed by digital. I'll keep buying vinyl thank you

    • @budsmoker4201120
      @budsmoker4201120 6 месяцев назад +1

      Well put. VINYL all day over 192kh 24bit. Just better mixing usually on a LP.

    • @ontheturningaway
      @ontheturningaway 6 месяцев назад

      No, that’s a lie. There is zero to little difference between vinyl and digital. This is audio science facts btw

    • @buddhawasright
      @buddhawasright 4 месяца назад

      @@ontheturningaway ok, Professor Bumclot.

  • @JerryWCarman
    @JerryWCarman 8 месяцев назад +3

    I bought a stereo system back in 1981. It had a 60 watt Pioneer receiver, a Dual 1229q belt drive turntable with a Shure V15 Type 4 cartridge and stylus. An Alain cassette deck(I forgot the number) came later. That set me back a little more than $1000.00. I could have spent more, but I was well satisfied. That was before the CD came out in 1982.
    I got my first CD player in 1985 and I was . amazed. I made cassettes to use in my car and truck and there was so much noise with records that the music search wouldn't work, even with MFSL's. Not so with the CDs, the music search worked perfectly wi5 the absence of any noise. I went to CDs and never looked back. And at today's prices, I ain't about to start now.😅

  • @Music-for-Miles
    @Music-for-Miles  10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey subs, I had an issue with this video so i had to re-upload if you're seeing this twice that's why!

  • @yusko3845
    @yusko3845 10 месяцев назад +2

    Certain formats have there pros and cons .. anything can be copied .analog or digital as long as it goes through a mixer it can be reproduced ..most of the public dont care about quality as long as they can hear the song through a crapy bluetooth device nowadays . I say keep all formats its down to the individual to make there minds up what they choose is best .. happy listening to all 👍🙂

  • @nikosl8838
    @nikosl8838 9 месяцев назад +2

    i agree with all the things you say but i still collecct after 25 years. Even if i listen to digital mostly its the nostalgic factor... that i want to have and own physical media. its a passion that keeps you broke lol

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  9 месяцев назад +2

      Me too. I’ve slowed my collecting because it’s just too expensive now but nothing beats a physical album! If you don’t follow already check out “VinylDeals” on Reddit I always find good deals on there.

  • @jpacampara21
    @jpacampara21 10 месяцев назад +3

    the technology for vinyl is too old it looks cool tho. but I doubt they will still have the capability to produce this because its not as cost efficient

  • @garyi8837
    @garyi8837 10 месяцев назад +2

    I agree but I love vinyl and try to support the bands I like. One of my pet peeves is I want vinyl to include a digital version. Most do but not always, should be mandatory imo. Lol

  • @ClayBenTreeceJr.
    @ClayBenTreeceJr. 8 месяцев назад

    Hey I was just wondering if you would make a similar type video regarding Cassettes

  • @mikelocke461
    @mikelocke461 9 месяцев назад

    Can you do a video on how you made your album display you have hanging on your wall? I've been looking for a display "shelf" just like it.

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  9 месяцев назад +1

      It’s just 3 pieces of wood I put inner grooves on with a router and screw them to the wall which creates a nice rail for the records to slide in and out of. I’ve been thinking of making a video too but I no longer have the tools lol

    • @mikelocke461
      @mikelocke461 9 месяцев назад

      @@Music-for-Miles thanks! That helps. I had found a piece of either pvc or vinyl that had the right shape to slide albums in that could be screwed to wall, but I lost the link to it. It wasn't for albums but it would have worked.

  • @rcmoot
    @rcmoot 4 месяца назад +1

    The other huge problem with vinyl is when the groups go to different producer/studios to record . Your good stereo will show you how good /bad the recording is. It is mostly terrible for the expense.

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  4 месяца назад

      Yeah the best albums I own were mastered specifically for Vinyl and were mostly recorded analog. Nothing hurts more than dropping $30 on an album that sounds like a compressed MP3

  • @JerryWCarman
    @JerryWCarman 8 месяцев назад +1

    I had a Dual 1229Q turntable with a Shure V15 Type 4 cartridge and stylus that I bought back in 1981 before the CD came out. I bought my first CD player in 1985 and I've stuck with CDs ever since. I ain't going back now, the price is too high.

  • @redcomusic
    @redcomusic 6 месяцев назад +1

    I remember a world when $5.00 or less was the average price of a used record (of course I was more into sealed ones which were $10 or so). Now it's just crazy. Luckily, I get new ones sent to me now at no cost.

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  6 месяцев назад +1

      Whats funny is pre Covid prices were very affordable. We’re screwed now haha

    • @dennismccracken7922
      @dennismccracken7922 4 месяца назад

      I paid $2 for records in 1967. A carton of cigarettes was the same price. Lol

    • @buddhawasright
      @buddhawasright 4 месяца назад

      Yeah, man. I just steal all the ones I want, so my selection is probably more diverse than yours.

  • @HowToHomeLife
    @HowToHomeLife 5 месяцев назад +1

    I've always hated vinyl records, even when I was a kid, that is why I tried to make a tape recorder in the fourth grade, I didn't succeed obviously, but at least I tried! The ticks, and pops, plus surface noise, and the eccentricity of vinyl records drove me (when I had enough money), to purchase a used teak A1500U, reel-to-reel tape recorder, but I could easily still hear the difference between "source and tape", the dreaded tape hiss. In 1978 as an engineering consultant for the "Great American Sound Co., I traveled to Japan to visit GAS dealers and the Tokyo Electronics Show. In the Sony booth at that show, I saw for the first time, a model PCM-1, 12-bit digital processor playing music from the video track displaying thousands of black and white, undulating bits on the monitor, from the same SL-8200 Beta max VCR I had at home, I had to own one of these! In 1983 I attended an AES meeting featuring Marshall Buck who was presenting his new "coaxial two-way" loudspeaker he had designed for Cerwin-Vega! In his demonstration he was utilizing a "vocal-only" recording of a female singer that sounded fantastic with an incredible "dynamic range" and no background hiss. Immediately after Marshall's demonstration, I walked up and asked him what equipment was playing back his recording of this singer? He pointed to this diminutive silver box, and said I'm using a Sony PCM-F1, 16-bit Digital Audio Processor and a VCR. I said how much for the PCM-F1. He said $1,500.00, and I said sold! I built a portable recording rig that included the PCM-F1 and other custom-made equipment that I utilized for various musical performance recordings made on location and I won an Emmy for an outdoor performance of the opera Faust! I've been a digital advocate ever since, if you wish to learn more about my current endeavors, search RUclips with the following: "JBL SYNTHESIS CREATOR", and ALSO: "HOWTOHOMELIFE". If you have questions, feel-free to call me @ 818-314-7275 Pacific time. David Riddle

  • @enossifiedossified3145
    @enossifiedossified3145 9 месяцев назад

    I’m an old fart, starting buying records in 1968 and at one point had about 5000 LPs. Prior to the 1970s most people like me had crappy record players that sounded like crap. I didn’t own a decent stereo system until 1974 because I couldn't afford one. By that time a lot of the LPs that I played a lot were starting to wear out from the heavy tone arms not to mention getting scuffed up by the record changers that were the norm until well into the 70s. Nothing like an LP sliding down the spindle to land on top of the currently spinning LP below it already on the platter. By the time all 6 LPs had dropped down, the angle of the tone arm was totally out of whack…each LP sat at a different distance above the platter. That was what we had and that was what everyone listened to. Audiophiles might invest in high-end setups that sounded better but few people could afford it then, no different than today. On most systems that cost under $1000 a CD sounded so much better than an LP it was ridiculous. When CDs arrived, I jumped ship as soon as it was affordable…early players were over $1000, CDs were not readily available and individual copies could be $20 or more (sound familiar with LPs today?). Once I could get a $500 player and $15 CDs, I was all in. I never got into replacing my LPs with CD copies except in cases where the LP was a worn or noisy pressing or the music had wide dynamic range so that quiet sections were getting buried in groove noises and hiss (most classical music). I'd estimate I replaced only about 30 or 40 LPs total. The only thing I miss from LPs is the covers for both the art and the liner notes. CD covers can’t compare. I agree 100% with this video. Unless you are willing to put in the time and money, don't buy LPs. Anybody who buys LPs but has no turntable, well time to get some medical help.

  • @salamwati9281
    @salamwati9281 10 месяцев назад +1

    Number 4 ..last part once you start you can't stop.. addictive really..I now have to go on a weekly ritual to buy.. started last November..I have more than 100 now..and yes I don't have a vinyl setup just yet😅

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  10 месяцев назад

      Very nice! I am at about 2-3 a month now but am actively selling too because I ran out of room haha

  • @deanmiller6177
    @deanmiller6177 4 месяца назад +1

    Digital has hurt the music industry.that is one reason i support bands I like by buying physical copies whether its a cd or vinyl and buying their merch online.

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  4 месяца назад +1

      @@deanmiller6177 I agree! This video was mostly satire :) I am an avid collector of physical media

  • @kontnairen
    @kontnairen 9 месяцев назад

    6:34 I actually have the opposite issue, instead of no availability, the indie artists I listen to only physically sell vinyls , so now considering vinyl for some of my music selection

  • @glenpitts6813
    @glenpitts6813 10 месяцев назад +3

    New vinyl is not sounding good. It's flat. There's no QC. Agree, it's way too expensive. Music producers are missing the vinyl boat and they won't listen. Been collecting 74 years. Now it's time to play them.

  • @nicholasgarratt5646
    @nicholasgarratt5646 9 месяцев назад

    I want to order a couple of Queen and Dire Straits and prices are looking at £37/$43 each ! That is insane.

  • @TomTester-ey1rt
    @TomTester-ey1rt 9 месяцев назад

    Something needs to be done about these bullshit prices!!! I'm just not buying new records anymore. Either the CD or forget it. If we all quit paying these prices maybe they would come down.

  • @jessthegeekplays6262
    @jessthegeekplays6262 10 месяцев назад +2

    Literally my number one reason for not buying anything is that I'm broke. Everything is too damn expensive.

    • @DJboutit2
      @DJboutit2 10 месяцев назад

      This is why for the last few 4 to 5 years now I only hit up record shows and try to spend $7 or less for a record. Plus at a record show you get a way better selection than any record store a lot genres you will not any find anything like late 80s and 90s rap rnb or electronic music.

    • @haroldfridkis9657
      @haroldfridkis9657 Месяц назад

      Yes I agree with you there

  • @victorvella9760
    @victorvella9760 10 месяцев назад +1

    Some of your points are valid ,but that doesn't mean I have to stop buying vinyl records . have over 8000 by now , and have been doing so for the past 40 years. Vinyl is king and compared to digital stuff is SUPER KING . But on the other hand some other points are nonsense.

  • @gregbarber6105
    @gregbarber6105 10 месяцев назад

    The price is killing it for me in the uk most records are £40 we’re the same album on cd is £6 massive difference

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  10 месяцев назад

      It’s pretty rough with inflation. I’ve slowed my collecting down big time.

  • @MrPatagonianFox
    @MrPatagonianFox 5 месяцев назад

    I buy used CDs in mint condition on Discogs for less than $10. Vinyl is a scam. The record companies pushed Vinyl, because they realized Vinyl is a much better theft deterrent than a CD. CDs can be ripped by any computer in 5 minutes. Vinyl takes much longer and requires special equipment. The only downside to collecting CDs is some newer albums weren’t issued on CD or they had very limited CD release, but there are quality bootlegs available for some of these albums (eg Frank Ocean’s Blonde, Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo).

  • @jimbergendahl2345
    @jimbergendahl2345 4 месяца назад +2

    I collect classic stuff so price dont bother me if your doin new stuff you'll have the problems you mention

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  4 месяца назад +2

      @@jimbergendahl2345 you’d be surprised some 70s 80s copies have gone up in value nearly 50% in the past 4 years! If it’s near mint even more!

    • @jimbergendahl2345
      @jimbergendahl2345 4 месяца назад

      @@Music-for-Miles well younger people want more of the 70s 80s so really I'm not surprised i hope they try some 50s & 60s an open their world to great stuff of the past

  • @myles7522
    @myles7522 10 месяцев назад

    Been collecting vinyl for more years than I can remember. I began slowing down in buying vinyl in 2023 as in the U.K. the prices seem to be increasing by the month. I decided not to buy - even though I desperately want it - if the price was over £30. It’s working until the Beatles issued the red and blue albums…🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @martinstrnadel6372
    @martinstrnadel6372 10 месяцев назад +3

    You´re the winner of the "most pointless video of the year" .....

  • @JJ-qs9hu
    @JJ-qs9hu 3 месяца назад

    All these videos give me a good laugh. Most made by those under 40 who weren't around when Records were everywhere. Giving their opinions on what,where, when, why and how. As if they are experts. I have albums that are 40,50,60 years old and sound fine. Yes there is some crackling...that's what records have always done. I just can't stop laughing watching someone so young giving advice on something they barely started collecting in the last 10 years as I'd it's some new discovery. Keep up the great work of making me smile and shake my head.

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  3 месяца назад

      I appreciate your comment on this and your attempt to gatekeep vinyl. Believe it or not, a majority of new vinyl purchases are made by people under 40 in the current market. But what do I know? I guess I'm not qualified to make a satirical video about my favorite hobby.

  • @dang75790
    @dang75790 10 месяцев назад +1

    Nothing sounds better than CDs or vinyl period. If you are too lazy to place a record or CD into or on something? I'm feel sorry for you 😂

  • @Nuclearmagenta
    @Nuclearmagenta 10 месяцев назад +1

    You strongly hint at this but I don’t think you quite went far enough. Space is a major factor with all physical media, and collecting and addiction go hand in hand. Therefore, any serious collector must get serious about acquiring adequate real estate to house your collection. It’s not about merely an extra cabinet or closet space or an extra room. It’s about buying a whole new house, preferably one with less windows and more wall space. But on top of all this, record collectors will someday need to contemplate who will inherit their massive collection, a collection that could weigh several tons. Inheritance, therefore, could be reason number 11. Now please do a video about acquiring audiophile reel to reel tapes of legacy albums at $450 per tape.

  • @metilaful
    @metilaful 8 месяцев назад +1

    Except if the album is 45 rpm, then you’re flipping it every two or three songs.

  • @fatttypattysoup
    @fatttypattysoup 10 месяцев назад +1

    I bought a suitcase record player and a creedence clearwater revival Vinyl at Best Buy for $600 and it sounds like dogshit

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  10 месяцев назад +1

      Try packing the suitcase with dirty laundry and spit on the stylus and give it a second try.

    • @HumanXtinction
      @HumanXtinction 10 месяцев назад

      Sucks to be you 😂

    • @pnichols6500
      @pnichols6500 10 месяцев назад

      I spent $800 on a new cartridge and it sounds sublime!

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  9 месяцев назад

      @@pnichols6500what did you get?

    • @pnichols6500
      @pnichols6500 9 месяцев назад

      @@Music-for-Miles MoFi Mastertracker, a lot for a MM cart, but it's impressive.

  • @billmcilhenny5956
    @billmcilhenny5956 4 месяца назад +1

    I can’t trust any advice from someone with a Ghost album on their wall. I don’t trust anyone who even likes Ghost.

  • @MissyCouts
    @MissyCouts 10 месяцев назад +1

    I’m too broke to collect vinyl 😂

  • @devil-jf7ko
    @devil-jf7ko 10 месяцев назад

    W video ❤

  • @Taras-Nabad
    @Taras-Nabad 10 месяцев назад

    If you have an existing collection from the 70s and 80s it's nice to hold on to them for nostalgia purposes. Anyone 25 years old or younger will never own any records. Once our generation is gone, records will officially be dead.

  • @maniaque37
    @maniaque37 7 месяцев назад +2

    you gave me 10 good reasons to not subscribe to your channel lol

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks for the comment.

    • @ontheturningaway
      @ontheturningaway 6 месяцев назад +1

      What a triggered crybaby

    • @maniaque37
      @maniaque37 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@ontheturningaway what did i cry about ? you dont know what is a crybaby.

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  6 месяцев назад

      @@maniaque37 Thanks for the comment

  • @garytibbs4196
    @garytibbs4196 4 месяца назад

    Top one reason you should: Because you want to.

  • @jax2428
    @jax2428 7 месяцев назад

    I been buying records for almost 50 years and i agree 100% EVERYONE should just stop buying "vinyls".. stupid fad that i wish never resurfaced.

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  6 месяцев назад

      Yes people should stop so the values plummet and I can buy more albums hahahaha

    • @jax2428
      @jax2428 6 месяцев назад

      @@Music-for-Miles exactly

  • @JerryWCarman
    @JerryWCarman 4 месяца назад

    I'll give you 2 main reasons: vinyl sounds actually terrible compared to CDs, and vinyl nowdays is down right expensive compared to CDs. Besides, you don't have to turn it over and play the other side.

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  4 месяца назад

      With the right setup and a clean copy of an album recorded on reel to reel, nothing can beat it. But most people do not have proper setups and listen to digitally mastered albums pressed to vinyl which can sound pretty noisy and bad

  • @prabhhub06
    @prabhhub06 10 месяцев назад +1

    vinyls too expensive lol

  • @toddtipton2857
    @toddtipton2857 10 месяцев назад

    A little addictive? 😂

  • @JerryWCarman
    @JerryWCarman 8 месяцев назад

    😂 One reason, money😅

  • @budsmoker4201120
    @budsmoker4201120 6 месяцев назад

    Most of these points pertain to all physical media. Sorry digital streaming is convenient but does not stack to Vinyl.

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  6 месяцев назад

      I agree! I am an avid collector but thought this was a fun subject for a video

  • @WilliamWebbarquitecto
    @WilliamWebbarquitecto 4 месяца назад

    Oh geez... Snowflakes on RUclips complaining

    • @Music-for-Miles
      @Music-for-Miles  4 месяца назад

      @@WilliamWebbarquitecto it’s satire buddy