Vinyl purists of DJF, where are you?

[Sigma]

Who here considers themselves to be a vinyl purist? If you do, what does "vinyl purist" mean to you?

I love vinyl and have been collecting it for years, but I also collect tapes and CDs. I have all of my music ripped to computers and that's what I use to do all of my "for pleasure" listening. For DJing I use a mix of vinyl and a DVS. So for those reasons, I wouldn't consider myself a vinyl purist - just a lover of vinyl along with other formats and music in general.

[Andrew B]

I don't really consider myself a vinyl purist, although my DJ setup can only accommodate vinyl.

I have a ton of CDs, but most of my purchasing/listening is done on my computer these days.

[djknowledge]

I am a vinyl purist...i just don't believe in breaking my back anymore lol. Also, not all of the music released is being released on vinyl, so its getting harder to get all the awesome mixes to a track on wax, especially those rare hard to find ones. I can barely find some in mp3 format imagine finding it on vinyl...lol.

[Subprime]

So um... you aren't a vinyl purist then?


I still rock it strictly black plastic you'll be glad to know sigma

[Sigma]

Haha, I wasn't really looking for like-minded people cos I don't consider myself a vinyl purist. I was just wondering how many people here actually do consider themselves to be vinyl purists and what that actually means to them.

[Finnish_Fox]

Enthusiast, not purist.

[ben mills]

I'm a vinyl practicalist.

[Paulie65m]

I mostly buy vinyl and some cassette tapes , I haven't bought a cd or MP3 in years

I buy vinyl even if its for listening and not djing
My largest genre is probably classical

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[Manu]

I just acquired a copy of 2001 that is absolutely pristine, very chuffed about it. Also copped Full metal jacket, and will still buy some vinyl from time to time.

I'm a half a vinyl purist in the sense that I use all the other media (try playing a record in your car for instance). The other half not being one because I don't currently own a true audiophile record player. Now everytime I'm in some friends house who owns one (I also have serviced some of these turntables), I will put a record on and enjoy it. It may sound subjective for some, but the extra warmth in the bass area, the extra depth of field and dynamics do make the sound feel richer. Some will argue that you get all the snap crackle and pops, I always found that on a good quality record [well recorded, mixed, mastered and pressed] you can stop focussing on these and start enjoying the music like the band was playing it right in front of you.

In the same aspect, kids don't know what a metal grade tape sounds like on a nakamishi tape deck. All that said, there's the pain in the ass side of it as in tear and wear, garbage signal to noise ratio and the need to have good gear if you want to really experience it, poor quality pressings and so on. I'm still buying it though.

[JamesRoss]

Possibly a vinyl purist. I remember being a little kid telling my mom that I was gonna grow up and have a bunch of records. she was like "well what good is that gonna do you?" Little did she know... anyway, yeah so what it means to me is that I collect vinyl and listen to alot of vinyl and spin vinyl. Yes I have CDs but I if something is good I also have it on vinyl. Except for that damn Cardigans Gran Tursimo album that I love so much. I havent been able to aquire that on vinyl yet. It's pretty expensive last time I checked. But yeah, all my Bob Dylan and Mazzy Star is on vinyl. I have many unopened records and of course my techno collection is on vinyl. MP3s just get lost on my computer and I don't use Serato anymore so I don't even download MP3s anymore. I did for a while because I thought it was eaiser and cheeper. Well, it certainly was cheeper.

yes, it means paying like $300 for a "non replica" Mazzy Star record. (and then buying the $15 dollar replica just for the hell of it)