Do you still collect vinyl?

[mc ukrneal]

I am surprised that they will take them.  Our libraries here continue to downsize their materials and are moving more and more to free downloads that stay on your device for a certain amount of time.  Hopefully they care for them like you did as well as those that check them out.

Me too. My library stopped taking them long ago and has since gotten rid of its entire LP collection. Personally, I think it is a good move. It took up acres of space and I never saw anyone take one out in the later years anyway. They now have a good sized CD collection, though they have stopped buying too much new. I think it's the right move too - they have all the basic works (and then some really) and only add new stuff to fill out holes here and there.

[Bogey]

Me too. My library stopped taking them long ago and has since gotten rid of its entire LP collection. Personally, I think it is a good move. It took up acres of space and I never saw anyone take one out in the later years anyway. They now have a good sized CD collection, though they have stopped buying too much new. I think it's the right move too - they have all the basic works (and then some really) and only add new stuff to fill out holes here and there.

Yup.  Changing fast.  The last 20 or so books that my daughter read were all downloads to her Kindel.  It will be interesting to see what is under their roof in 10 yyears.  Our library has started going to recorded books on mp3 players that you check out, which come with headsets in addition to downloads.

[Jay F]

Yup.  Changing fast.  The last 20 or so books that my daughter read were all downloads to her Kindle.  It will be interesting to see what is under their roof in 10 yyears.  Our library has started going to recorded books on mp3 players that you check out, which come with headsets in addition to downloads.

I wish my library (in Pittsburgh) would start buying new books in Kindle version. I only have access to books that are years old, mostly series mysteries, the Kellermans and the like. If I want something new, it's available to me exclusively in book format. At first, btw, I kind of resented the Kindle for replacing the book -- I still haven't embraced downloading music, and doubt I ever will -- but once I got used to being able to change the type size of what I was reading, I was hooked on Kindle. And Amazon assures me that any book I buy will always be accessible to me via "the cloud," as long as I own a functioning Kindle.  I just wish more library books were available. The only thing I don't like about my Kindle is having to charge the thing for hours every book or so.

As for LPs, I still have about 200, none classical -- I HATE the ticks and pops on classical music -- but no turntable. Though I don't do downloads, I have 46 days worth of music I already own on CD on my computer, which has become my nearly exclusive music source. I doubt I'll ever buy another turntable. Now, if I would just get something to send all that music into my bedroom...

[Valentino]

I wrote this back in 2007:

I buy used LPs if the music is interesting. Sometimes I find gems on this format that are not on CD. But I don't buy many.

Times have changed. I got hooked on the vinyl only Deutsche Grammophon The Original Source series last year. Way too expensive of course, but wonderfully tactile. The haul so far (no, I haven't bought all releases):

Open in separate tab to read the titles (Steinberg Boston is Holst Planets, R. Strauss Zarathustra, and Hindemith Mathis der Maler/Concert Music for Strings and Brass)
Oh well. I'm skipping the 17 LP Bruckner Karajan symphonies box scheduled for August. Presto had the for Universal Japan 4-9 as hirez download for less than 1/10 of the price, so I'm not a complete audiophool yet.

[Le Buisson Ardent]

I wrote this back in 2007:Times have changed. I got hooked on the vinyl only Deutsche Grammophon The Original Source series last year. Way too expensive of course, but wonderfully tactile. The haul so far (no, I haven't bought all releases):

Open in separate tab to read the titles (Steinberg Boston is Holst Planets, R. Strauss Zarathustra, and Hindemith Mathis der Maler/Concert Music for Strings and Brass)
Oh well. I'm skipping the 17 LP Bruckner Karajan symphonies box scheduled for August. Presto had the for Universal Japan 4-9 as hirez download for less than 1/10 of the price, so I'm not a complete audiophool yet.

Nice haul so far! The only recording I don't know is the Verdi Requiem with Karajan. The rest are top-drawer in every way.

[Valentino]

It's got Janowitz and it is recorded in Jesus-Kristus-Kirche with it's perfect acoustics for choirs. Dies Irae blows your hair back. A must hear in any format, but the sense of space in these TOS masters I haven't heard from 70s DG before..

[Le Buisson Ardent]

It's got Janowitz and it is recorded in Jesus-Kristus-Kirche with it's perfect acoustics for choirs. Dies Irae blows your hair back. A must hear in any format, but the sense of space in these TOS masters I haven't heard from 70s DG before..

Very nice, but I'll stick with my little plastic round things (i. e. CDs).

[ritter]

It's got Janowitz and it is recorded in Jesus-Kristus-Kirche with it's perfect acoustics for choirs. Dies Irae blows your hair back. A must hear in any format, but the sense of space in these TOS masters I haven't heard from 70s DG before..

Isn't it Mirella Freni on that recording?

[Valentino]

Indeed. Sorry about that. Freni's rather good though.