Also covered by Tech Radar (2025) -- You need to be careful when buying new vinyl – the digital music loudness war can mean they sound worse than second-hand records: https://www.techradar.com/audio/turntables/you-need-to-be-ca...

▲

soupfordummies 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I prefer original pressings whenever possible. It's still sometimes cheaper, but that is quickly going the other way.

▲

buildsjets 10 hours ago | parent [-]

I keep 3 pressings of Led Zep II out so I can demonstrate the difference to people who don’t believe that there is one. A first-week Robert Ludwig mastered version, a second-week pressing of the Ahmet Ertegun disaster, and 1977 remaster that really sounds just as good as the 1969 RL mix and is a lot cheaper. $20 for a VG+ copy compared to $1300. I am not insane so I did not spend $1300 on a used vinyl record, I found mine for $2 at Goodwill.

https://www.therevolverclub.com/blogs/the-revolver-club/the-...

▲

lmm 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> I am not insane so I did not spend $1300 on a used vinyl record, I found mine for $2 at Goodwill.

How is holding onto it instead of selling it for $1300 any less insane than buying it for $1300 in the first place?

▲

mrweasel 7 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The logic is a little broken for me... If he really wanted the record, and got it for $2, why would he then sell it and then not have it? Replacing it would cost at least $1300.

You're logic is why so much in this world if fucking broken. Everything is a grift, a hustle, an opportunity for profit.

▲

williamdclt an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If they don't need $1300 cash, they don't have any real reason to sell it

▲

bravura 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Who taught you this? And why do you think this way?

▲

thaumasiotes 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He thinks that way because it's the only correct way to think.

Try raising the value of the record and see what you think about it.

	▲	NikolaNovak 5 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Mathematically that's absolutely true. Emotionally, it feels different. It's fascinating to see downright angry gut reactions! A few years ago my friend was selling his expensive camera on Kijiji. I asked him to sell it to me for slightly less as a friendly discount. He told me that's the same as just randomly one day giving me a wad of cash, so why would he do that?? I thought he's crazy and was a little bit offended. Actually maybe a fair bit offended! It took me YEARS to realize that 1. He's absolutely completely Inarguably correct, and 2. People would find me no less crazy if I adopted same perspective. Buy for $x, have and not sell for $x, same mathematically. But oh boy will people get instantly riled up emotionally :).
	▲	embedding-shape 37 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> He thinks that way because it's the only correct way to think. I typed up something, but ended up almost antagonistic. I realize I just feel sad that for some people money is literally the single goal in their life, seemingly nothing else matters.
	▲	prollings an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Why? We know the price was $1300. Doesn't mean anyone would buy it for that much. So try lowering the number and see what you think? The value is what someone is willing to pay for it.

▲

pembrook 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

OP has a valid question though.

If you think its insane to spend that amount of money on it (essentially: it's not worth that much to you), then you holding onto it instead of having $1300 is pretty much the exact same scenario? By holding onto it you're saying it is worth that much to you.

It sounds like believing you hunted down a 'deal' causes you to wildly change how you perceive value at an emotional level.

I would probably do the same thing. It's just funny to see expressed on HN where everybody complains that advertising and marketing are evil/scams and proclaims loudly how rational they are.

▲

chownie 39 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

He wants the thing. He does not value the thing at 1300 dollars so he would not buy it for 1300 dollars. He found it for a lower value, he kept it because the point at the start was he wanted the thing.

On the topic of HN users, is it our collective first day on earth?

	▲	foobarbecue 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Take me to your reader

▲

an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

[deleted]

▲

emsign 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I prefer to buy original releases of CDs second hand on Discogs. I then digitize them with Exact Audio Copy.

I never bought into the recent vinyl hype. Though I really like the beautiful design of many new vinyl releases, I don't think they are for being played. But I used to buy new and used vinyl as a teenager to actually listen to them, and occasionally I still buy used vinyl. Vinyl records from the flea market were as cheap as 1€, so that was an efficient way to grow my music collection before file sharing was a thing.

But now I prefer CDs because what really interests me is the music itself and I simply prefer the version with the best mastering. That's often CD releases from the early 1980s to mid 1990s.

And yes, I still buy music because I don't trust music streaming to be around forever. At least I think there is a real chance CDs will outlast individual services for sure. And in case the internet gets shut down because of war, at least I still have music as long as I have power.