The only things I don't like about vinyl are the waste and off gassing.

Right...I also have feelings on making music absurdly perfect when recording....I feel it becomes too sterile.

CDs are technically better for perfect reproduction. I still prefer vinyl for most pre-80s material because of the loudness war. Mastering of releases has warped the discussion entirely

Are you also sad when people buy $10 bottles of wine? Most people can’t hear the difference and many are getting other sensual benefits from listening to vinyl. Most people can’t afford an audiophile setup either. Just let people enjoy things.

The myth of the superiority of vinyl, and the idea that vinyl is inherently Authentic in a way that digital formats aren’t is one of the most successful scams in corporate history. In one fell swoop, the recording industry persuaded music fans that they need to pay extra for a format that has measurably inferior fidelity, that cannot be copied (well, you can digitise it to a WAV, but then you get a murky, crackly sounding WAV; even if the sound coming out of the speakers is identical to how it would be from the record, the fact that you’re not playing a vinyl record diminishes it), and that wears out slightly each time you play it. Meanwhile, a lot of records never get released on CD, only vinyl and streaming, closing the digital ripping loophole. Well played, RIAA/IFPI.

Considering that vinyl is shaping up to be the final physical media that ANY art is distributed on on a mass scale, why the fuck are we arguing to dissuade people from it?

CDs are so fucking sterile, when I play one I feel like I should be wearing a lab coat and latex gloves. The machine slides the disc in gracefully, as if it were my butler. The mechanical whine of plastic being spun by a precision servo while a literal laser beam seeks for the opening bits requires any robot who views a video of it in Louisiana to submit ID to prove it’s age.

Yeah of course they sound better but the experience is not the same.

The fact that you somehow don't know or pretend to not know the reasons people like vinyl makes this an easy downvote

The Bowers & Wilkins PI7 in my ears says you're wrong.

CDs are better than vinyl in the same exact way reddit is better than lemmy: cheap, easier to manage, mainstream content. If you look for a sound that's not strictly higher quality but that gives you a more authentic vibe, vinyl is the way