[antoine-unity]

Whenever I play music for myself, I care less about convenience and more about the overall emotional experience.

Vinyl means many things to me. It’s a reminder of my father’s collection, a memory from a visit to some new place that had a record shop, the proud of owning something tangible from an artist you love.

The premise is not rational at all to me.

However I have also spend a lot of time (and money) obsessing about the quality / condition of the vinyl, the cartridge setup and matching to the preamp and the overall turntable setup.

That part is a rather good mix of theory and manual adjustments, and honestly makes for a fun hobby on top of record collecting or music listening.

But yes vinyl can be frustrating. Receiving a poorly pressed disc only to have to return it kind of sucks.