bigsteve Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 I buy vinyl because I enjoy the music and playing it, but I always keep in mind that it can increase in value over time, and look after my records. But with mp3's rapidly replacing records as we know them, do you think that vinyl will become more or less valuable over the years? Each vinyl must have less copies being pressed now, therefore will be rarer in years to come, but will anyone want it in 10 years time say? And what about vinyl from 10 years ago? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Vinyl will probably be for dance music the way it is now for mainstream music. The majority of people will probably have dispensed with their turntables and mp3s & cds will reign supreme. As far as value goes i don't think that vinyl will really gain much value unless there are some super trainspotter colectors, i mean i've seen Armin's mix of Airscape L'esperanza going for upwards of £30 on ebay lately but surely sometime soon an mp3 store will get the license to sell it and it'll be no more than £3. With records being available so much cheaper via digital formats i dnt think many people will want to buy vinyl in years to come so i doubt it will increase in value unless it's some super rare pressing of a huge tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Brown Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 I like vinyl but they take up too much room and are very heavy to carry around whereas with CD's and other formats you can at least listen to music whilst on the move which you can't do with vinyl. As for their value l agree with what Tom had to say on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Depends, for example, Auranaut-People want To Be Neede has been on Xpressbeats for a quid for a yearish now, yet the vinyl still goes for 30 quid up on ebay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whos_this_guy Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 I have loads of vynil! have tried to sell them and a few budged. have stuck a load on ebay, infacet most. just keep the ones with good memories and ones that i would stil play! Ive started the bidding at 99p and am preperd to let most go at that. Thoght i did get 150 with my decks when i bought them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadrant Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Vinyl will probably be for dance music the way it is now for mainstream music. Surely proper turntablists will continue to use vinyl? I'm not into manipulating vinyl, and scratching; whilst it's technically impressive, that's about it - oh and you f*** up your records big time doing it. Light stylii and blending is for me 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 The fact that scratching on CDJs has become so much mroe advanced in the past couple of years coupled with the fact that they have this plethora of effects built into them has added to the feeling that vinyl is on borrowed time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Well, I must admit - I've always said that i'll stick with Vinyl for as long as I can - because thats my preferred method. I think the sound quality is better, and you feel more in control. I love the little crackles and hisses you get with vinyl - it sounds more "authentic". However, just recently, i've found myself playing more and more from CD because of CD promo lists that i'm on, bootlegs that can only be played from CD, and the fact that some tunes aren't being released on Vinyl any more. I've even got to the stage where I think i'll have to switch to CD whether I like it or not within the next couple of years - the only thing that has stopped me so far is the rpice of CDJ-1000's I think. At the moment, their £1400 a pair roughly - and I can't afford that at the moment due to financial problems. I remember when a Technics deck was about £500 each - now you can get a pair for less than that. I think the prices of the CDJ's will drop eventually too. Once thing that concerns me about the CDJ-1000's at the moment is that they've not been around long enough to prove their reliability. I think i've read about three times in about 2 months on Judge Jules's weekly diary that he's had Pioneer CDJ's break down on him - which is concerning. Technics decks were built to last. I don't want to spend £1400 on CDJ's if they're going to conk out 2 months after their warranty has ran out :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 some very very good points matey raised there - most notably the problems with cdj's. When i bought my 2nd cdj800 i brought it home and there was a prob with the laser as it took ages to load a cd, too it straight back and swapped it for another so was ok, but not what u'd expect for a £430 unit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Brown Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Unfortunately nothing seems to be made to last anymore. It's become a throw away society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsteve Posted June 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Very true Chrissie. Stuff's just all plasticated these days. With a turntable, there's very little that can go wrong. In essence, its only a motor driving a platter to spin. CDJ's are full of buttons, dials, wheels and everything else - much more scope for things to go wrong. Still love my CDJ tho :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadrant Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 The fact that scratching on CDJs has become so much mroe advanced in the past couple of years coupled with the fact that they have this plethora of effects built into them has added to the feeling that vinyl is on borrowed time. But they still don't sound right - scratching is definitely a tad easier, I'll give you that, but it doesn't replicate the sound exactly as it would do on vinyl. Wind downs similarly sound very digitalized, as if we are back in the 1980s :? What I'm saying is that the art-form that is turntablism surely will stay an art? What would Grandmaster Flash and Q-Bert say to CDJs I wonder... Sir Briggsy, I do believe CDJs are wickedly over-priced, and I know they all sorts of s*** on them but I do hope in a few years' time they'll drop in price because it's completely disproportionate when you think a grand's worth of Pioneers is worth the same as a an old Vauxhall Nova, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Kane Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 CDJs are pitched at such a price because they are very specialised, DJs only really will be buying them, hence Pioneer in particular can get away with murder, it's the same as anything really i mean why are 1210s so expensive all they are is a vinyl deck which you can pick up for less than £100 with a pitch control system, it doesn't cost technics an extra couple of hundred to put pitch control in at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadrant Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Very true... they must be making a packet. Grrrrrrr! :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 You're paying for the torque maybe?! Id done right digital scratching can sound like scratching with vinyl. not that I can do it that well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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