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Re:50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player by topranks on Friday January 02, 2026 @07:58AM (#46464310)
For me there is no point storing digital music on optical discs. Easier to steam it or listen from a hard drive.

On the other hand the larger format of vinyl and rather peculiar way it works scratches the “tactile” part of what makes physical attractive a lot more.

Each to their own of course but that’s me.

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Re:50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player by dredmorbius on Friday January 02, 2026 @08:04AM (#46464350)
The discs are your backups.

(You can of course also back up the rips, but you have the disc as origin, and as an option for re-ripping at higher or lower quality, etc.)

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