I started collecting almost 3 years ago when I kept popping into a record store @waxandbeans. Couldnt afford a decent turntable until recently though so I waited. Money was all over the place so I bought and sold but Ive got back all the ones I sold. For me its a combination of the sound quality and The local community on it.
But what got you into Vinyl ?
For me, it’s a fascination with the mechanism itself. The fact that you can put a needle on a grooved disc and make sound is amazing to me. Of course, this has lead to me collecting a bunch of different formats, because each is a technological touchstone in our quest to share music. So I also have tape, CD, minidisc, and eventually I’d like to get into reel to reel. Plus I find the ‘ritual’ involves me in the music more, so the music is the event, rather than streaming where it’s background noise accompanying whatever else it is that I’m doing.
I agree with you. The mechanism is marvelous. It’s so simple and so complex at the same time. Just a piece of plastic and a needle can play so wonderful sounds. It reminds me how marvelous science and knowledge is.