My girlfriend loves her vinyl and while at hers recently I was allowed to select, touch and actually play a couple of albums. I was really disappointed with the experience.
As a 54 yr old male I grew up with records but used mainly tapes as a kid (recorded mix tapes and purchased) then quickly moved to CD’s. Based on this recent experience I think CDs are a way better media for a music experience. Excellent audio quality and an albums worth of tracks playing off one ‘side’
A lot of her newer discs seem to be on these heavy weight ‘audiophile quality’ discs and a common trend seems to be to split an album across a couple of discs. Having to flip sides/discs constantly really ruined the listening experience for me. I found it really jarring.
Many of the proponents of vinyl sing the praises of the whole experience and the process of playing a vinyl disc. My experience was pretty negative especially these new multi disc albums.
It really depends if the album was created with Vinyl in mind. When you think of things like SGT Peppers and one side being traditional beatles and the other starting with indian influenced sounds it makes the experience all the more enjoyable.
I’ll take the hit on convenience, to enjoy the brief rest and the enjoyable tactile experience but It doesn’t increase the audible experience.
If its not created with Vinyl in mind and you dont enjoy the tactile experience then just get some Flacs or WAVS and playlist it.