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Me right im ded retro with mi beleefs like i allways say if theres three things thats important its bein able to do countin an bein able to spell proply 'n' stuf y'kno thems the three things reely or is that four things count 'n' spell i'm not shure but yeh educayshun 'n also right hating the elves 'n' gnomes too thats ded important too so remember to be gud 'n' all learned 'n' all cos its nice to be that way 'n' dont forget to cause troubles for the elves 'n' the gnomes too eh.

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Originally Posted by gmku

It depends on what you want. I sometimes prefer the sonic perfection of a CD. I other times like LPs for better representation of the art work. These days new releases and remastered reissues sound very close, to my ears, in both formats (aside from the usual minor surface noise and occassional pop or click you get w/ viny)l.

And it depends on what you're used to. I grew up collecting LPs. Because I cut my teeth on LPs, CDs to me seemed sort of like a yuppified version of 8-tracks. Too small, too reductive, too techy. Plus a new vinyl LP just SMELLS so great. Go ahead, try it, take a big whiff of that thing just out of the shrink wrap and tell me it doesn't send a thrill.

Yeah, that should answer yr question, Alex's Trip.

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Originally Posted by gmku

Oh yes. Something else I've noticed about vinyl - although LPs require a little more concentration to keep them durable, CD's being so small mean it's a lot easier to be negligible of them. Basically, I haven't got a single knackered record (apart from a Patsy Cline LP, but that was because I lent it to an idiot) while I have plenty plenty broken CD's.

I, too, have plenty of broken CDs. Lots, all over the room.

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Originally Posted by Glice

That's true. I really have to remind myself to remove CDs from the player and put them back in the case and on the shelf. Whereas I don't ever leave a record sit on the turntable more than a few minutes after I play it--plus my table has a non-automatic arm, so I have to get up and manually lift the tone arm at the end of a side.

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Originally Posted by gmku

Exactly. I ocassionally leave a record on the deck over night, but as soon as something else goes on there it goes straight back into my nice Welsh dresser (no plastic boxes/ piles on the floor for me, thank you very much).

LPs over CDs. I still use tapes. I wear vintage clothing. My sunglasses are 50's and 60's styles. I find traintracks to be a preferable walkway.

I'm so retro, I don't even call it retro. So I can't answer the question.

I was country when country wasn't cool.

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Originally Posted by luxinterior

I've been out of the technological loop my entire life. I'm always years behind on things, like DVDs, which took a while for me to acknowledge the existence of. That's not "retro" by any stretch of the imagination. It's much closer to laziness/apathy.

My room doesn't really have the look of any particular time period. It's just very, very cluttered.

Ditto. I am the same way.