What's funny is that as the vinyl resurgence continues, I find myself buying more and more CDs and cassettes.
Don't get me wrong. I still buy vinyl -- more than the average person.
But nowadays, CDs and cassettes are too good of a deal to pass up.
Also: why are people buying vinyl if they don't own a turntable?
Please don't say "art" 🙄
I totally understand the appeal for vinyl.
Even though I buy vinyl, cassettes, open reel tapes, CD, SACDs... my daughter's face lights up when she buys vinyl.
She likes the ritual, seeing the grooves, the liner notes, the whole shebang.
My favourite format is cassette tape.
It's a feat of engineering, one of the greatest examples of miniaturization of the analog era.
The sheer science is amazing.
And in the 90s, cassettes nearly reached parity with CDs in terms of sound quality.
That said, if you're new to physical music media, I highly recommend starting with CDs.
Why? Because the value is unparalleled.
Thrift stores are selling them for $1/each -- sometimes even less.
Do the math. If one CD contains 12 songs, that's pennies for a song.
Which you can then rip to FLAC, store on your computer or DAP.
And owning a copy on optical disc -- with artwork! -- isn't bad either!
@atomicpoet I have never stopped buying CDs. Although far less than when I was younger and listened more. I recall I had some regrets when I bought Dire straights Brothers in arms on vinyl when some said CD was fantastic. It was released at the time when CD was new and some early adopters already had CD players. One of my first CDs was Susanne Vegas hit album. Vinyl indeed has an advantage of bigger size cover, far better for art.
