[bayindirh]

The biggest problem with large vinyl collections is the space they take. I have a turntable and small vinyl collection, which consists of albums I like to dedicate time listening to them.

When I say "a large vinyl collection", I imagine something comparable to Haruki Murakami's one [0]. I neither have the space, nor the time or financial means to collect that amount of vinyl, though I have some collections and albums I'd never exchange with any vinyl.

I prefer a good CD or a very nice FLAC rip played via a nice vintage Hi-Fi over vinyl for casual listening. Vinyl has its very place in the music world, and it should be present, but life (at least mine) has no space to accommodate it as the primary source of music.

[0]: https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Murak...

[pavlov]

Maybe the solution is a “Rent the Record Collection” type service, similar to Rent the Runway which is a popular service for renting expensive designer clothing and accessories.

It‘s cliché but not very far from the truth that vinyl records are the hipster male equivalent of designer handbags.

[bayindirh]

> It‘s cliché but not very far from the truth that vinyl records are the hipster male equivalent of designer handbags.

I don't think so. I for one buy the vinyls of (new and old) albums I love to listen so much that I can put time aside to solely listen to that album and do nothing else.

Buying vinyls just for buying them is just plain consumerism, and not different than buying things you don't need, or buying just for impressing others.