[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.