- I prefer to own vs rent music
  - I prefer physical to digital (albums often come with digital downloads)
  - I enjoy listening to full albums
  - I enjoy the album art, liner notes, posters, special releases, etc

Not all the music I want to own is available on vinyl, but at the same time, some of the music I listen to is not on streaming services. And some isn't available on CD. Nothing is perfect. I choose vinyl as it provided the best set of trade-offs for how I enjoy music.

Listening to music?

When I was a teenager I recorded vinyl, cassette, cd and even music from the radio on reel to reel tapes just because I liked using the Akai reel to reel tape deck my father was no longer using. Everything in it felt just more satisfyingly sturdy and mechanical to use than my other audio devices made with shitty plastics.

Sometimes the ritual matters more than the outright audio quality.

> I have my music on vinyl and that is how I listen to it.

If I’m reading this right, he owns vinyl music recordings for the purpose of playing back music.