Day 10 – Vinyl & Slipmat
Today we talk about your (and our) favourite musicians and go on a few tangents along the way. We drink some tea (low ratings today) and catch you up on the latest updates in the world of vinyl production.
Which ties in nicely with today’s Giveaway – two of our ORANGE Vinyl records + Slip mats!
Day 10 – Signed ORANGE Vinyl + Slipmat (2 winners)
We are going to sign and dedicate two vinyl records (coloured disc) to two lucky winners. We will also add a slip mat each to keep your records nice and cosy on the turntable.
How to enter:
Comment: How do you prefer to listen to music (CD, Vinyl, Radio, Streaming, Cassette, etc.)?
Prize:
ORANGE vinyl + slip mat (2 winner)
Have a groovy Friday and we’ll see you tomorrow,
Mona & Lisa
Vinyl. Then cassettes, then CDs.
Congrats to the winners ????
CD
CDs are my go-to these days, but I like listening to vinyl when I can.
I listen to music mostly on CD, because it is convenient for the car as well as at home. However, I do buy some classic jazz albums on vinyl, for the format and for the cover art in full size, as it was originally meant to be seen. I also have a big collection of vinyl LPs (as we used to call them) from the ’60s and ’70s, and cassettes from the ’70s and ’80s. Then I have about 150 vinyl single 45s for my jukebox. And finally, some downloaded tracks. So I have just about every format covered, apart from the ones which never really took off, such as DAT. I really need to do something about the cassettes soon, before my ancient cassette player gives up the ghost, such as digitising or replacing the best ones with CDs. I also listen to quite a bit of radio, although mainly on catch-up services such as BBC Sounds, so I can listen when it suits me. I’m happy to say that my vinyl includes original pressings of some Beatles LPs, and a copy of With The Beatles which I bought in the room in which it was recorded, ie Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios. This was when it was opened to the public for a while in the 1980s.
My listening enjoyment of music comes at night while I’m delivering newspapers on the car CD player…I also listen to YouTube and Instagram…I have a pending problem coming up beginning Sunday December 26..after 25 years 7 months of delivering newspapers I am retiring from the newspaper business…therefore I’m pretty much done driving my car except to go shopping or church or visiting my extended family….so now I’ll have to purchase a CD player for my home to play your CDs…and I have all of them including the 13 yr old double CD and the California 3 song CD…gotta have my daily fix of MLT❤️????
I listen on Youtube most of the time. That’s where I discovered MLT! I had been listening to a lot of Sina drum covers so the algorithms suggested MLT. Very glad it did.
I listen to both CD and Vinyl, not a fan of cassette or 8 track, quality was too low.
I have lots of Vinyls and CDs, I guess 50:50, but every day I hear Radio! Sometimes when I am in the mood I take the old Vinyls to hear and then there come so many thoughts of the past to my head. But now I hear the whole collection of your CDs because they give me the feeling to be young again. Thank you for that!
I have CD’s, Vinyl’s and cassettes but no where to play them, so it’s streaming for me at the moment
It’s interesting to hear about everybody’s favourites, and I enjoyed your guitar duet. I have a lot of vinyl from the 1970s – 1980s. So, I play vinyl records and CDs at home, and cassette tapes in the car. I also watch live performances on YouTube, but I do not listen to the radio very much.
I know that vinyl gives the best sound more often I am too lazy to go and pull out the plastic and prefer to just punch the button and listen to streaming on the computer. I’m pretty sure my old ears can’t tell the difference that a younger listener could tell so it’s all good.
I mainly do streaming from YouTube, as I like to “look and listen”. I enjoy music videos very much, and especially the ones Mona and Lisa produce, as this is such good and enjoyable entertainment.
All my favorite music is in digital format from downloads and ripped CD’s and vinyl.
I like to own the music I listen to. Best for me are CD’s, as they are easy to maintain. But I actually like – and have – all formats.
MP3
CD or Vinyl
CD’s for me!
I loved your short but sweet gypsy jazz demo. More please!
I enjoy being able to play music from my own collection anywhere I happen to be, so I have gone digital and have all my music files stored on my computer in iTunes. Then I sync my computer to my iPhone so I can play the entire collection on any Bluetooth speaker, in my car, or on my noise-canceling headphones. I love the headphones when I am working out on noisy exercise equipment or working in my woodworking shop. But I truly love being able to watch music being performed when the video is hooked to a quality sound system. So, when my favorite artists have YouTube performances (like MLT), I am in heaven.
Mainly streaming and radio.
Most of the above, I would say. I listen to radio streams at times, ripped a lot of my CDs and bought your albums as download. That is quite a space saver. Still, I recently added vinyl to my collection, which also contains about 7000 singles.
I loved the brief ???? demo, Ladies! Kinda looked like Mona wasn’t too thrilled with the smoke coming from that funky-looking cigarette in the vintage interview clip, tho! I much prefer vinyl, but listen to CDs more often for convenience. Sirius XM Beatles channel in the car. I’m not much for digital downloads; maybe it’s a generational thing. If I can’t hold it in my hands, I don’t feel like I actually possess it, I guess. ROCK ON, Ladies, family and clubbers! ????????????️
CD’S, you tube or Spotify, maybe that vinyl is coming back into play.
I listen to CD’s mostly when in the car and also XM radio and when at home it’s you tube on the computer. I gave up on CD’s till Mona and Lisa came along, it’s a pleasure listening to the Twins while driving, they take the stress out driving. I still have a bunch of vinyl records. Haven’t played in a long time.
Thank you Mona. That was awesome.
Thank you Lisa. Incredible acoustic performance.
I prefer to listen to music on vinyl in most circumstances these days.
(This is partly because vinyl is becoming available again, and partly because I have the finest analog playback equipment in my own studio set up.)
In case you haven’t heard, I just learned Michael Nesmith passed away today. It’s many, many years of happy memories listening to his music and grief is imminent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq_UgHBbQhU
Thanks team MLT.
Mike
I’m a Nezhead myself, Michael. Just a couple of days ago I watched a video of his last concert with Micky last month, and I was thinking that he had really slowed down. So sad.
Thanks, David, same here. I’m in shock at the moment, but will recover in a few days back to normal. I’ll specially remember him when I’m lighting the Week 3 candle on Sunday morning, and from now on every Advent season.
He had regrets like everyone else, but always took his faith seriously. He was genuine. I can’t believe quite yet he’s gone.
It’s funny, I got Nesmith’s last (2015) release, The Ocean, and there was only one place in California you could order it from new. It was great growing up with The Monkees. I can’t explain it all completely, just that it was something special in life. As you know, he went by the recording artist name Michael Blessing writing original songs years before The Monkees. He knew melody like few others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in9UyE1OlOk&t=156s
1st;CD,2nd;Vinyl,3rd;Radio,4th;Cassette,NO Streaming.
Often use C d’s at home and my phone everywhare else with Wi-Fi or data so I can listen to MLT all the time, Since that’s all I’ve been listening to Since September 2018.
Mostly streaming with some radio
I listen to CD’s of MonaLisa Twins and sometimes listen to the Beatles streaming channel. I wish there was a MonaLisa Twins streaming channel! Maybe in the near future?
Since I started buying music in the 1960s I purchased vinyl. When 8 tracks and cassettes and CDs came out I bought those too. My vinyl collection was quite large but the bulk of it disappeared during a move. I have started back buying vinyl slowly but primarily buy CDs now. I have many CDs and a lot of music saved on my computer.
Honestly I prefer the sound of vinyl and the convenience of streaming. If I have something that I really want to sit and listen to it’s mostly from CD’s I have saved into my computer. If I have something on my streaming playlist, I still try to buy a CD just to show the artist some recognition, and get the better sound quality of a CD into my computer.
Back in the day it was certainly vinyl. I have hundreds of vinyl records, but when cassettes came out it changed the whole industry. So now I also have hundreds of cassettes. When we got to the CD stage, I was no longer buying music. Have to keep in mind that music over the last twenty years is nowhere as good as music from the 60’s & 70’s. All that aside, I now find that I only stream music. Alexa is really a wonder, and the high-end players are really good, especially with headphones. I get my daily dose of Mona and Lisa on you-tube. (I promise to buy everything you’ve released before long)! Everything else is streamed, which I now prefer. Adele through the headphones is pretty amazing. I was plugged in listening to Mark Knopfler playing “Brother in Arm” the other day and was blown away, then Adele really blew me away with every song she sang, just like the two of you do.
I have always been partial to vinyl and even when 8 track was popular, I had a record player in my car. Now I mostly listen to XM and streaming. I have your CDs but listen on Amazon Prime. Saving the unopened CDs for my Grandkids.
I prefer CD’s. I have vinyl albums that I have bought over the years, but I think they’re more difficult to maintain. I have some vinyl albums that I accidentally scratched and ruined them. CD’s are easier to maintain. My favorite guitarist are, Lisa and Mona Wagner. And my favorite drummer is Mona Wagner.????????????
Mostly I’ve been listening to YouTube, where I discovered the MonaLisa Twins. When I’m in my vehicle I usually listen to XM satellite radio. I do like vinyl and have 400-500 albums that I seldom get around to playing.
When I’m driving I usually listen to CD”s mainly , but have not bought any for some time so whatever I have in car then I play.If it’s a short journey then radio. When I’m exercising such as on the turbo trainer I listen to streamed music that is upbeat specific to get the most out of the session. Since discovering MLT I like to go for a long walk especially in the forest and listen to some great music streamed on phone, woods.changing seasons wildlife lovely scenery MLT Duo sessions, or Orange album helps to de stress and helps me to unwind. Lovely ????
I don’t even have a record player. After years of frustration in the 1960’s and 1970’s I don’t really want to go back to the “old” days. I like CDs. They are my favorite medium. Then I can copy the songs to my computer and then to my phone. I have Bluetooth headphones so I can listen to whatever I want without disturbing anyone else. ????????
I certainly love vinyl but do not collect anymore. I listen to most of my music from downloads. Anyway your music would sound good even if it was on a garbage can lid. You girls rock!!!
Wow.. first, let me get back on my chair. I can’t believe this. It is the first time in my life that my name is pulled in a drawing. I had given up on that ever happening. I keep looking over my shoulder thinking, am I on Candid Camera? I think Ringo had a hand in this… well, at least Mona certainly had a hand in it! So that edges Mona over Lisa, for the time being at least. This is the cherry on top of this amazing morning ritual (that is the time right after I get up, unrelated to the position of the Sun), every morning puts a big smile on my face. It will be hard to scrub this one off for awhile.
On to music formats. For me it’s mp3 or Vinyl. I’ve been on the Vinyl train for a while now, and while I agree with Roger, that it’s hard to tell the difference as to which is better objectively, listening on vinyl has a “ceremony” about it. I listen to the album from beginning to end and look at the artwork and sleeves as I’m listening, I’m not doing anything else. I have compared the sound of a vinyl album with mp3 in the same living room setup, and I do prefer the sound of the vinyl. Maybe it’s like drinking tea out of your favorite mug, it makes it taste better even if it’s because we enjoy it more.
Something interesting happened that I didn’t anticipate when I got all the LPs I used to listen to when I was a teen, they were of course covered with crackle and pop, but in re-listening to them, it transported me back instantly to those days. Like a warm blanket on a cold and damp winter’s day. So, Vinyl is my preferred format for truly listening to music.
Any CD’s I get are ripped right away. I have a big database of music on a drive on my home network, and that’s the music I listen to while I’m working or have background music. My favorite player is MediaMonkey, and I have no subscriptions to Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, etc., nothing online or “on the cloud”, all my music is stored locally, on the shelf on in a drive at home. I barely drive any more, so no music off my phone anymore I do venture on to YouTube to get a glimpse of what’s out there. I have to say that even with good headphones I cannot tell the difference between 256k or higher encoding rates, and only sometimes differentiate 128k, but then again, I find myself saying “why do I always get it so wrong?” way too often.
A couple of years back, before pandemic, the main factory in the US that produced the vinyl paste for the record production burned down (in a sketchy-possible arson way) and that put a damper on all vinyl production. At the time they were saying that the factory would not reopen. Compounded to that, was the fact that all the major labels had hired the same vinyl distribution company which was plagued with errors (not delivering on promised launch dates, delivering the wrong LPs in different artists boxes, etc.). The little conspiracy voice in my ear was saying “all this is done on purpose, they don’t want to sell physical albums because it’s harder to manipulate sales.” Whatever the reason, I find it sad that we can’t have the music in a format we can thoroughly enjoy. Alas, we always find a way.
Well, this Tom is floored (????????) and I’m immensely thankful for that foursome in Liverpool, the Wagner family!!
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Congrats Tomas! I totally know the joyous moment feel you went through this morning as I did the other day!????????????
There is much to be said for that ceremonious feel of a vinyl. I was lucky enough to find a vinyl of the Beatles “Rubber Soul” album a couple of years ago at a used record store. Thanks to Lisa for recommendation on a first Beatles album. The owner looked up a serial number on the vinyl and confirmed for me it is an original cut from 1965. So when I listen to it with it’s hiss and occasional crackle and pop from years of us, it feels like a time machine back to 1965, and also the analog waves recorded into the vinyl is as it was recorded, not sampled and digitized. It kind of feels more real.
I read an article a few years ago where they found the human ear/brain needs background noise as naturally occurring in an analog recording of a vinyl, and the digitized music without any noise in CDs is unnatural for our ears and brain and it does not sound as good. There was even talk of noise being introduced into CDs for this reason. Will have to look for that article.
I still have my old vinyl albums packed away with my turntable. I think I still have an anti-static gun that is used to remove the static charge from the vinyl before you set the stylus down. There really is no replacement for that warm analog sound of vinyl.Nowadays, it’s CD’s, I-tunes and streaming.
My grandmother had an old victrola that still works. The records resemble black toilet paper tubes with the groove wrapped around the outside. Someone in the family has it. Hmm, I can’t remember whom it was left to. Lucky
TGIF
JP
I love all formats, as the technology has fascinated me since I was young. I mainly play CDs, but collect cassettes, vinyl, 78s, 8 track cartridges, mini discs, digital compact cassettes, and I have one DAT tape. For Christmas, I have bought myself a portable DAT tape player that was owned by Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order, so that I can play my Joy Division DAT tape on it. I use YouTube too, but don’t download music as I love to have the physical product in my hand.
I prefer CDs so have something tangible but rip them to my computers so can listen to them anywhere. Went through the whole music gamut- LPs, 8-tracks, cassettes but they all disappeared over the years. Only miss the LPs as you can not find some artists LPs that I had anywhere.
Which one of you is best musician? The one with 4 letters in their name that ends with an a. 🙂
You two are so funny – one upping each other. For me, you have to choose both of you because Mona Twin or Lisa Twin, just isn’t possible as twins denote two of a kind.
I have music in CD, cassette, vinyl and if you can believe it 8 track. I have a retro hi-fi that place all but the 8 track which I keep as memory of my teenage years. Can I suggest you guys do a song or two in Gypsy jazz style. I love Django and that style jazz. Peace be.
Yay I finally get a chance to enter one of these :). December is very busy at work and socially and it also happens to be when MLT give away all the good stuff!!!!
Anyway, although I’m old enough to have grown up using vinyl and cassette, these days I predominately use Spotify and youTube if I’m casually listening, or CD if I sit down in front of the hifi system for a serious music session.
I use spotify and youtube a lot but I prefer vinyl 100%. Listening to vinyl is a great way to take a break from modern technology.
CD`s, radio and YouTube. I still have some vinyl. But it’s in a closet in a box somewhere. Quality never goes out of style ! Just like 60′ s music !
It really all depends on where I am. In my vehicle while driving I always keep a few great CD’s on hand in case there is nothing on the radio I like. (But you always hear new songs on the radio so I have to give it a chance). At home, its either CD’s or Streaming.
I’m a pack rat so I still have all my vinyl, CD’s, cassettes and even 8-tracks (and working player for those too). I can’t bear to get rid of any of it. But these days I listen to digital files..MP3 and Flac for their ease of access. I also want to add my appreciation for the Django segment. My all-time favorite guitarist. I am in awe of your ability to play Gypsy Swing so well. My Christmas wish is that you post this entire performance.
Boa noite a todos. Feliz Natal.
At present my usual medium for listening to music is via YouTube but if I decide to actually buy something it is on CD, However, there is not a lot of modern or current music that interests me and the only CDs that I have bought in the last 10 years are by MLT.
However, for the last few years I have been considering buying a turntable and as MLT are starting to release their albums, production issues permitting, on vinyl then I may well treat myself next year. There is something special about being able to move the arm to the track you want rather than having to press a button or two several times.
Edit I have uploaded all my MLT CDs to my laptop and listen to them with headphones on. You get the real nuance of all the instruments by doing this. After a hard day’s work (night) what better way to melt into a relaxed mood than with a bit of MLT. Works every time!
Boa noite, Philip. Espero que tenha também uma noite agradável e relaxante. 🙂
I work overnights at my local Walmart here in Maine. And because the store is closed for the night I tend to listen to music most at night. Because I’m not able to carry anything big around I use a small Bluetooth speaker that hooks to my belt loop and I use Spotify on my phone.
I happily left the world of vinyl when CDs were first introduced because vinyl records were so susceptible to skipping, pops, etc. I prefer the cleaner sound on a CD and because they don’t wear out like my old vinyl records did. These days I mostly transfer music from CDs onto my iPhone and either listen through earbuds or Bluetooth the music to a wireless speaker. You’re reminding me that I need to slow down, put a CD in my sound system and take the time to listen to it, rather than have the music playing in the background while I do other things.
Mona and Lisa, I really enjoy how you have helped me to appreciate Beatles music in a new way. I so enjoy seeing how you craft their songs into duets that you sing and play beautifully. Thank you so much for sharing your gift! Thanks also to your father and stepmom for their love and support of you both.
So, I guess my answer is vinyl. I love it, but not as much as the girls’ music.
In the 70’s I bought vinyl but when cd’s came out in the 80’s I pretty much bought those replacing a lot of my vinyl like all my Beatles albums
I just received two vinyl albums from early days of Hippies in the music scene. Humble Pie. I had to buy two albums because you can’t get all the good/great titles on one record album. I also got Slider by T-Rex’s Marc Bolan, another great musician that left us far too early.
CDs are fine. Cheers
Hi Girls … My favorite medium for music listening are CD’s and I listen a lot to videos on YouTube… particularly yours.
I think Mona is the world’s greatest musician. And I am coming back to vinyl records the pressings, if that is how they still produce them, are of much better quality than many of the 60’s+ recordings. Water and feed your reindeer!!! Ho-ho- ho.
I have converted almost entirely to CD. I rip the CD’s to a computer to listen to on mobile devices. I love all the box sets with alternate takes, etc. that have come out on CD. I do listen to some streaming to see what’s new out there.
Hi Mona and Lisa! I listen to digital downloads mostly simply for the convenience. If I am at home and playing music on the stereo, I prefer CD’s or vinyl. I like vinyl for the romance and nostalgia associated with it, but CD’s are nice also because you don’t have the clicks and pops you can sometimes hear with vinyl. So, I listen to all 3 depending on my mood and where I am located at that moment.
CDs and streaming.
Since The Beatles started releasing those box sets with Sergeant Pepper in 2017, I have to say that blu-ray audio has become my favorite format for listening. The surround mixes they’ve included in the Beatles and John Lennon box sets, and with George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, are mind-blowing. It’s like having them in the room with you. There are also some nice surround mixes of the early Yes catalog and some Pink Floyd. But I only have a handful of those — most of my collection is CDs. I prefer the cleaner sound on a CD — when they were first introduced, it was a pretty big deal to me to have a format that eliminated skipping and popping sounds and didn’t wear out the way vinyl did. I had a pretty large vinyl collection and gradually replaced most of it with CDs, but I still keep vinyl versions of albums that were important to me. I do most of my listening these days on my phone, so I rip everything into iTunes, but I do need to have that physical copy of an album or I don’t feel like I actually own it.
Hi Paul,
interesting to hear that you own the reissue of George Harrison’s “Allthings must pass”. I would have liked to buy this one as well, as I am primarily interested in the bluray and the sourround mix. However, the reviews I’ve read so far are very mixed. Do you like the edition and can you recommend it?
Thanks
Jürgen
Hello Jürgen,
The blu-ray was my main reason for purchasing the All Things Must Pass set, and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s probably a little inconsistent, but overall I think it sounds really good. It includes the surround mixes and HD stereo mixes. Even with the stereo remix of the main album, I wasn’t as disappointed as others have been, I just found it a little inconsistent — the new mixes sound great on some of the tracks, but I still prefer the Phil Spector mixes on others. Some of the demos and studio outtakes are a revelation, there’s a faster version of I Dig Love that I especially like, it feels more like an early 60s pop song. Really, my biggest complaint about the set is how little you get for the price. The CD/blu-ray set is packaged in a 7″ x 7″ box that contains the discs and a paperback booklet with liner notes, whereas the deluxe CD editions of the recent Beatles and John Lennon reissues have all had larger format packaging with beautifully-produced hardcover books for pretty close to the same price. So I suppose that’s a recommendation, but with reservations!
Paul
Hello Paul,
thank you for your very informative and detailed description. It helped me a lot. I think, then I will also buy the edition. From the presentation I do not expect particularly much, although it would be nice of course, if the box was lovingly designed. I’m not sure yet whether I will miss the wall of sound by Phil Spector. I let myself be surprised. The Beatles editions I also have and these I like very much. I really like the new mixes. It sounds like the Beatles were in the recording studio just last month.
Thanks a lot.
Jürgen
For me it is cds and you tube videos.
Vinyl,CDs,youtube music videos.
I like to listen to vinyl for the older artists and some of the newer that do covers of older songs.
It has to be vinyl if I am relaxing to music. I love my vinyl collection and it is one of my treasured possessions. I off course use digital in my work and also CDs but they have never been my favourite. For me nothing beats vinyl
After decades of listening to pop, scratch, and skip, I was so happy to finally have the pristine sound of pure music on CDs. They’re so much smaller, more durable, and despite what people claim, I have yet to find anyone, including a few “audiophiles” I know who claim otherwise, that can actually tell the difference when I’ve done a blind test (with a brand-new clean vinyl). And I have a Denon DP-37F and Carver amp.
I also listen to music in lots of places other than my living room and you can’t play vinyl in the car, while running, while outside working in the yard (unless you blast it from the house and tick off all the neighbors, and then there is no sound quality anyway), or any of dozens of other scenarios where CDs or digital can be played and vinyl is utterly impractical.
I do digitize my CDs for listening to in the car (through my phone) or on my iPod while running. Also for safekeeping should something ever happen to the physical media, I have a back-up. But I definitely want all my music on physical media. I want access to it whenever I want, not just when the Internet is available (and working!) I don’t want to lose all my music because some streaming service shut down. Or lost my account info or got hacked. I don’t want to have to go to 7 different places to listen to all my music; I want it all in one place. I know several people personally who have lost lots of music (and photos, which is a similar issue) when hard drives crashed, phones got lost or destroyed, etc. Yes, there are ways to avoid those issues, but most people don’t employ them and they take time and resources as well. Of course, CDs do take lots of space, but nowhere near what vinyl does.
I still have a lot of vinyl of course, but going back to an inferior technology going forward just perplexes me. One nice thing about vinyl that I miss in CDs is the incredible artwork and sometimes elaborate book-style sleeves. You just can’t reproduce something like Jethro Tull’s “Living in the Past” in CD packaging.
Hi Roger, finally someone who understands me. 🙂 I often get funny looks when I tell people that I only have CDs and don’t use a streaming service. It’s like you say: if that one streaming service doesn’t exist anymore, or there are suddenly copyright issues, my music is gone. I also disagree with the myth that a LP sounds better than a CD. That’s not possible from a purely technical and physical point of view. A LP sounds different, and then it’s a question of whether you want to give up your old listening habits. I loved my LPs. The scratches, despite good care not at all. On the B-side of the Beatles album Abbey Road, there was a scratch at the end of SUN KING. I no longer have the LP, I can hear the scratch to this day. Whenever the song approaches that spot, I think now, right now…. I have been following with interest for a long time how LP lovers exchange information at a specialty retailer where I like to order my CD’s: The still existing pressing plants do not deliver good quality, the sinfully expensive LPs have waves, crack, sound dull. I don’t need that. I already have another hobby where a lot of junk is produced for a lot of money. That’s enough for me.
Heh, yeah, I hadn’t even considered the quality of the pressings. I also have Cat Stevens “On the Road to Find Out” seared into my mind with a skip halfway through it. When I listen to it now on CD it’s always weird when it’s not there.
For me, it totally depends where I am at the time. So my answer is a mix of CD, Radio and/ or Streaming.
Is it possible to know “MonaLisa-Twins”© without listening to the music on Youtube?
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I check out music online and if I love it, buy the CD.Vinyl is just too heavy to move
I have all Beatles records on vinyl, including the songs that King Size Taylor recorded life in Star-Club Hamburg on a Philipps mono casette recorder.
For me, it depends on what room I’m in. I stream music (I Heart Radio, usually) on my iPad a lot of the time throughout most of the house. When I’m working (I work from home, and have for years), I usually listen to .mp3 files on my computer. However, at Christmas time, I pull out the CD’s and vinyl records that we’ve played for years and enjoy the music and the memories, even with all the scratches and pops. Once in a while I’ll pull out a few records from the stack that I’ve had since I was a kid and listen to them (mostly on the weekends).
I still have a large collection of vinyl, but nothing to play them on. So I mostly listen to my CD collection.
I prefer Vinyl
My listening is quite mixed. Most of my music is MP3s – many from originals I’ve owned myself. I have about 300 cd’s among these all your records. About 100 Denon tapes with eg The Beatles story told in Danish Radio (10 parts), mixed tapes from my LP collection (had around 3000 before i sold them in 2014). I’ve got a bluetotth reciever connected to my JVC equioment so many mp3 are played via my phone to the JVC stereo. I never stream apart from having a YouTube play running from time to time BUT mostly I play from my collection. Right now ir’s Little Mix’s newest double album Between US I’m listening to which is really a must with 40 tunes from their 10 years as a girl group. I know it’s always a matter of taste but I like women who can sing – like you btw 😉
I have a limited amount of vinyl but prefer the sound of it… I like the convenience of MP3 & streaming when I’m busy moving around but normally use CD’s when I’m home.
A little interesting tidbit:
I remember when CDs first came out reading how they will last longer because there is no physical contact or friction to wear it out like vinyl can. A laser reads pits embedded in the CD. I asked Google which lasts longer, vinyl or CD:
Do records last longer than CDs?
Records are made out of plastic or more specifically polyvinyl chloride(PVC) and they can last a very long time, often, well over a hundred years. Because of its long lifetime, PVC is also used in pipes and plumbing equipment.
Which one will last longer depends on how well you care for them. In most cases records will last considerably longer because they are more durable than CDs. CDs are quite easy to scratch and once they get scratched they begin to skip and freeze. Records are much harder to scratch and even if they do get scratched there are multiple ways that you can fix them.
That makes sense. I have had some CDs over the years that will no longer play. Luckily I ripped MP3s out of them. LPs, even if scratched will at least still play with the hiss and pops.
https://retroonly.com/do-records-last-longer-than-cds/
And an answer to another question. Is the sound on vinyl records better than CD? I remember a similar explanation back in physics class years ago.
by definition, a digital recording is not capturing the complete sound wave. It is approximating it with a series of steps. Some sounds that have very quick transitions, such as a drum beat or a trumpet’s tone, will be distorted because they change too quickly for the sample rate.
On the other hand with vinyl records information is never lost. A vinyl record has a groove carved into it that mirrors the original soundwave’s form. With no conversion, the vinyl record can be fed directly to the amplifier. This means that the waveforms from the record are more accurate and pure.
Huh. I have over 1000 CDs that have survived multiple moves, a military career, and countless plays, and never had a single one of them scratched or damaged, not that it can’t happen When CDs do get scratched you can usually repair that, too, unless it’s so deep it goes through the coating and damages the platter, and then the whole thing is toast. “Records are much harder to scratch…” What?!? Just stomp on the floor while playing one and you can scratch it! It is true that records will usually still play with damage where a CD is completely destroyed, but I’d rather replace it than listen to hiss and pops.
Over the years I have experienced CDs would skip a track or not play at all. I would have to wipe it down with a wet cloth or lens cleaner. Condensation and dust causes issues with CDs. It’s kind of like when you leave eye glasses sitting on a table for many days, you get a film of grime caused by condensation, smog, and dust. The same happens to CDs, and the laser has problems reading it properly. I find CDs more problematic in this regards compared to vinyl. But CDs are more convenient and practical in many instances. You can’t listen to vinyl in a car, though cassette was a temporary solution for that until CDs came out. I guess like anything, our mileage will vary when it comes to CDs and vinyl. ????
Yes, I’ve had a lot of CDs need cleaning, but it’s a simple squirt and wipe with glass or whiteboard cleaner (they make special “CD cleaning solutions” but they’re a waste of money imho). I did have one CD player in the car that was problematic when it was very cold out because it would create condensation on the CD and be unable to read it. Until the car got warm. Not sure why that player did it and none of the others I’ve had.
I have some horrific memories of listening to cassettes in a car. I’d be driving along, and suddenly the cassette player started squeaking and the music got all warbly. I’d shout “Oh, no!” and stop the tape and curse my luck until I got to my destination. Then I’d eject the cassette and gingerly but firmly (yes, that’s a contradiction) grasp the loop of tape that the player refused to surrender, and engage in a tug-of-war that I hoped wouldn’t snap the tape or smear the iron oxide particles. Usually I was successful, but I’d make a mental note not to play that tape in the car again.
Jung, your last point is exactly why I postponed buying CD’s until vinyl and cassettes were no longer available. Like you, I had learned in physics class that digitization involves pixelation of an analog signal, necessitating the loss of high-frequency information, and I could never make sense of the claims that this process improved the sound quality.
Hi guys
my oldest CD is now about 35 years old and it runs and runs. On the other hand, when I take a closer look at the PVC piping in my bathroom, I’m not sure it will last a hundred years. Maybe we should revisit the discussion in 20 years.
I listen mostly to cd’s. I used to always have all vinyl, but I don’t have my big stereo set up anymore, so cd’s are easier. I do think that vinyl sounds better.
I have my share of vinyl, cassettes, and CD’s that I’ve acquired over the years. But frankly, after YouTube came along the purchasing of and listening to music in a physical format pretty much ended for me. As slow as I am to adopt new technology, I couldn’t resist the siren call of unlimited instant free music of my choice at the click of a button. YouTube has pretty much taken the place of broadcast radio, which used to be a mainstay for me but no longer offers any music I care for.
I love the Beatles on vinyl for the sound quality, but mostly everything I listetn to now is on CDs.
I listen to YouTube mostly, is this streaming? But I now have many of your CDs and I listen to these in the car. I have old records, but I don’t listen to them because I don’t want to wear them out. Or maybe I don’t want to bother with the record player and the old stereo. Have a nice weekend Mona and Lisa.
I listen mostly to cds. However I still love vinyl and many long playing records and 45 rpms in my collection never made it to cd so those I still listen to the old fashioned way! I never got into cassettes or 8track players.
When I am in my car I listen to music on a thumb drive. I have over 100 CDs downloaded including all ten of MLTs CDs. When I’m in my house near my computer I generally play YouTube playlists. I have four different MLT playlists in addition to many others. Right now I’m listening to my Christmas playlist which includes 3 MLT songs in addition to my other favorites.
Today I listen to music digitally. When I want variety I use a streaming service. For bands I listen to repeatedly I buy their album as a download. With MLT, I buy the CD with download. I like having the signed CD cover Mona and Lisa created. I do miss the days of having a large vinyl collection. I remember years ago spending Saturday afternoons at a friend’s house listening to records and looking at all the album covers. There is something special about having a vinyl record and the large album cover that digital can never replace. When I started to drive I switched to cassettes. But today, digital is just so convenient. Everything is on my phone and I can listen anywhere.
I have cd’s and cassettes. It is the only technology I can afford. I listen to radio and cd’s in the car and both in the house. cassettes on occasion if it one that I don’t have a cd for.
I listen to CDs, vinyl, and the radio. Several years ago, the thinking was that vinyl was on the way out. However, there was a minority of people that always said vinyl was the best medium for the music. On TV if an artist was introducing a new album, they would hold up a CD which was hard for the audience to see. Now vinyl albums are much easier to see and allow better and more creative artwork as in the past.
William Hauslein
I have vinyl although I pretty much listen to CD’s exclusively.
I always prefer vinyl when possible. Both for the physical involvement with the media and the different sound qualities. Of course these days not all music I want to listen to is available on vinyl, but I will still buy CD’s (especially used ones of out of print independent releases, and reissues of vintage recordings) and of course local live broadcast radio every day is another source. I rarely stream. I prefer listening on vinyl with my Philips, Dual or Thorens turntable, played through a Scott tube receiver and pair of matching Scott speakers which my Dad bought in 1968 that I have since inherited. Although right now we have 7 functioning, hooked up and ready to play turntables throughout the house, so we’re ready to spin vinyl any time! My daughter and I operate “The World’s Smallest Record Store” which is less than 80 square feet in size. We live in a very small town and only open the store two days a month. People travel many miles to come when we are open. We only sell used records and have been in business for 5 years. I’ve been collecting (my wife says I’m hoarding) records since I was 3 years old when I got my first record player (so that’s over 60 years of hoarding… i mean collecting) records, and I have somewhere around 40,000 records now including 45’s, 33, 78, and even some Edison records. In the back of our store we have a recording studio for local or traveling musicians where we feature recording the old school way – with vintage tube mixers and equipment to mono reel to reel tape. We use real tape echo and limited compression and eq with tube equipment. We prefer to record live, 4 input channels, to one track mono tape (the mixing is done live, no remixing or fixing it later). But we can also do multitrack digital, and of course dub analog tape to digital since most people don’t want to walk out with a reel to reel tape! We also have a 1940’s era record cutting lathe and can hand cut records on polycarbonate. I suspect part of the backup in record pressing is due to the fire at Apollo Masters in Banning, California nearly two years ago. They were the last maker of the lacquer blanks used to make masters for pressing in the USA, and there are very few other makers of these required blanks. That factory had been making the blanks since the 1930’s when cutting to lacquer replaced cutting to wax. They were not able to rebuild and start up again.
Anyway, I talk too much! Thanks for everything!
Extremely interesting Tim!
Now days I usually listen to music digitally on iTunes, but I also listen to CDs as well as Vinyl. I do really like the sound from Vinyl.
My turntable landed in a closet in a previous century, and now it’s mostly YouTube and MLT Club and computer speakers. Getting out the big old speakers one day!
I’m old school I love Vinyl records. I have more Vinyl records than I do any other media
I still listen to vinyl. Alltough there were years i listened to cd’s and mp3. The last few years i went back to the old vinyl. The sound of it has something special! And when listening i feel much younger because it remembers me of the good old times. i want to thank you for the advent video’s. I love to watch it.
My vinyl collection started in 1977 with Abba and ended in 1990 with Elton John (Sleeping with the Past). Before that I bought cassettes – my first was the Beatles Blue album which is one of my favorites and probably shows why I am in the MLT Club today! They were great with a Sony Walkman so I ended up copying my albums to tape. I started buying CDs in 1985 but of course these early CDs sound pretty poor today so I do buy reissues/remasters when they come out. I especially like 5.1 remixes (from some box sets) which are great on my surround sound system – Mike Oldfield has some great surround versions of his albums and the Beatles surround mixes are amazing. A few albums are digital only so I download those and copy to CD but I don’t really stream as I like to control what I’m listening to (probably because I’ve bought it myself). As I listen to a lot of music in my car (and cars stopped having cassette players fitted as standard), I’ve copied my vinyl albums onto CD (but just the ones I really like!!). Last month I bought a new turntable as I was still using the same old one from the 80’s. So now I can play my albums as they were intended once again! I also navigate around YouTube every so often and this can bring up some good stuff which you would never otherwise know about – such as Mona and Lisa as they were recommended to me by YouTube! (How did it know they would be so great!) .
I have a thousand or so vinyl albums but haven’t listened to them in decades. I moved to CDs (lots and lots), eventually transferred them all to MP3 for iTunes and purchased more. I’m now using Spotify pretty regularly — the cell phone has better equalization than the iPod, and I can find almost anything I want, fast as lightning. I don’t know that I’ll ever switch over to $25-$50 vinyl records, but I’d love to bring out the turntable again and revisit my old friends on the shelves.
I grew up on Vinyl and 8-tracks and since I am old school I still love my Vinyl records with the art on the album covers. Nothing against the cd I own plenty of them but nothing beats a good ol vinyl record
I grew up in a world of vinyl, cassette and the hideous 8-track. While I miss the larger cover art and lyrics printed on the sleeves for albums, I prefer the convenience of CD’s, which still preserves the listening of each track in the order the artist(s) intended. In a world of MP3’s I think that experience gets lost. Also lost, is the potential to find a new favorite, in a song you may have listened to just to get to the song you really wanted to hear.
A format that should get more attention is 5.1 mixes. Steven Wilson has been doing some amazing things with classic rock prog bands. I’ve heard instrumentation in my favorite Tull albums that I never knew existed because they were buried in the mix.
That said, most of my listening is done in the car, which means MP3’s on shuffle!
Kudos on correctly pronouncing my name in this video. It usually gets butchered. As a side note while Ian Anderson is primarily known for his distinctive flute style, he is a very accomplished guitar player as well.
And lastly, just to start trouble, I like Lisa’s voice better. (To be fair, if she wasn’t on the right side of the mix, I probably couldn’t tell the difference.) 😉
Good morning. For me, I normally listen to CD’s. When I am in my car it’s the radio or I-pod.
We have a lot of old vinyl albums and quite a few CD’s, but when I listen to music I only use digital, either MP3/4 or YouTube videos.
All my Twins music CD’s are unused and almost all are unopened; they are collectors items for me.
Ok so you are joint equal, seems only fair if you ask me as you are both amazing????
Went through the whole vinyl stage in my younger years but got away from it when kids came along (4 boys ranging from 28 to 16 now) but can now start to get back into it. What a great way to restart my vinyl collection than with the amazing Orange ????.
Still got a range of CD’s that I really couldn’t part with (Floyd, Genesis, Thunder, Gilmour, Yes etc)
Favourite medium atm though is streaming as I am often out and about and do a lot of walking. I’ve just treated myself to a wonderful pair of Sony noise cancelling earbuds and the sound is exceptionally good-makes the 2 of you sound even better (if that is possible????)
Love listening to you and wondered what bit rate the songs are on the clubhouse page? Also what rate can I look forward to when I can download the entire back catalogue? #GrooviusMaximus
Mostly streaming and CDs and sometimes vinyl.
I listen mostly to mp3s on my pc with a headset.
I also listen a lot on youtube (which is how I found you!)
I like to collect good used cd’s on Ebay and the convert them to mp3s to play in the car.
I prefer to listen to music on cd but I also like vinyl.
I used to use CD a lot but when I moved I had to leave a lot of them behind.
Now, MP3 is what I used the most. I just put them on my phone’s memory card via my computer.
I only use CD for new releases that I consider to be almost perfect or have that are going to be signed.
This year I only got two physical albums Death by Rock and Roll from the Pretty Reckless and Plush‘s self-titled album.
Last year, there Alicia Key’s Alicia and Folklore.
Congrats to the winners over the past several days and today, as a drummer, that would be a perfect gift for me to put on my wall!! I grew up with Vinyl and have a ton of albums from the day in my basement but as of late I listen to CD’S but last Christmas My kids bought me a record player for Vinyl and just starting to get back into Vinyl. I am old fashion myself and love that it is making a come back reminds me of the days growing up and putting an album on and cranking the speakers and playing along with my drums to the album. I would put on Sticky Fingers by the Stones and play it all the way thru. So yes Vinyl is the best with me. Love these video’s each day, was wondering if Lisa is ok from being bonked on the head the other day with the poster tubes, kind of reminds me of the Two of Us Video the I believe Mona pushed Lisa down on the floor? But Lisa got revenge in the I bought myself a politician video !! LOL….
Great way to head into the weekend. Thank you Mona and Lisa your simply the best!!
Bill and Maddie Isenberg Huge fans from Pittsburgh Pa USA
Hands down it’s CD’s which is mostly played in my van and then followed by streaming. After some home redecorating my stereo system is not set up currently for me to play anything from my large collection of vinyl records but that’s going to change after the Christmas holidays. I have well over 1000 vinyl records in my collection which I have taken very good care of so it’s always a delight to pull one of them oldies out and pop it on the turntable and enjoy the music with all it’s analog characteristics. While digital recording is awesome it’s sometimes to perfect for my ears which I think are so used to hearing albums on vinyl which is the only way we had to listen to them when I started buying my collections.
Basically these days, all my music is on CD’S, I’m all about having a physical music collection, so not into streaming. In the past I had vinyl and cassettes. I liston to the radio every day and occasionally listen to some music on YouTube.
I admit I’m a bit old-fashioned: I only like physical media. Something I can pick up and collect. LPs were my great love because they had these beautiful cardboard covers that were also artistic and lovingly designed. Special highlights for me were the album “Decade” by Neil Young (triple cover) and the big collector’s box “All things must pass” by George Harrison. I don’t miss the sound of the LPs, though. A few years ago I started collecting SACDs, DVD-Audio and Bluray-Audio (I also still own four HDCD’s. Nobody needs that, but they are in my collection and I have fun, even if there will soon no longer be any players that can handle this format). I doubt I can hear the difference in sound between a CD and a SACD, but many SACDs are often produced and mixed by sound engineers who love and know their job. Therefore, they are usually of very high quality. Yes, and the multi-channel mixes in 5.1 Dolby, 5.1 DTS or more recently in Atmos fascinate me in particular. It’s a completely different sound experience than stereo. Not better, just different. And not all 5.1 mixes are really good, but when I listen to Dire Straits “Brothers in Arms”, Alan Parsons “On Air” or the new mixes of “Sgt. Pepper”, the “White Album”, “Abbey Road” and “Get Back”, I like them a lot. Almost as if John, Paul, George and Ringo were standing in front of me and serenading me personally. Almost like real life.
Hello Ladies,
???????????? I was writing my reply and the screen blinked and it disappeared. Hahahaha, Lisa finding she is the favorite and Mona’s Nooooooooooooooo! Is so funny ????????????????????????????
Yesterday I said that you both are my favorite musicians, and that I won’t choose. However, Lisa is the Better Guitarist ???? and Mona is the better Drummer ???? now you have another vote each.
I listen strictly to all the Cds ???? by a certain set of Twins . Occasionally I watch music videos by other artists on You Tube or you tube on my 55″ TV I have watched your live stream from last year.. on my tv at least 10 times. Ever since I found you all on you tube with your cover of God Only Knows 6 years ago, I can’t get enough of the MonaLisa Twins Magic.
Skinny is now Skinny Claus and this was my shirt yesterday.
Thanks for the entertaing video today and I love the shirt Lisa is wearing when she finds she is the best.
Rick
I do download music occasionally, but i prefer CD`s and specially vinyl. I have kept 200 of my old records and still have my B&O player from 1986, something magic about putting an album on that way.
I grew up with vinyl and I have to say I am entirely bewildered as to why anyone would want it today. I have no desire to go back to surface noise, scratches, skips, and short play time. Anyone who well understands how digital audio works will know that if a digital version sounds worse than vinyl, it’s not because it’s digital, it’s because it’s badly engineered. So no to vinyl, no to cassettes. And no to streaming, because I want to buy music, not rent it. So yes to digital downloads. I buy CDs when downloads aren’t available or when I want not so much the disc as the packaging that comes with it — and that’s the one thing I do really miss about vinyl, the size of the artwork and the quantity of liner notes that used to accompany the records, especially classical. It was a real tragedy when that got reduced to four inch squares.
I’m answering here to vent, not because I want the prize!
The vinyl is an only format approved by god ! Still I listen also CDs but nothing beats the feeling what I get listening great album on vinyl and in good condition. I love record fairs when I can in peace riffle the vinyls. Best findings are made in record fairs and second hand record shops.
I grew up listening to vinyl and cassette tapes/8-Tracks before beginning listening to CDs in my late 20s-30s up to present time…. so currently my listening media formats are primarily CD/streaming from Spotify/YouTube thiugh the turntable is still packed away in storage with the stereo setup from the house I grewup in, just the speakers are crap, lol… I enjoy CD/streaming formats most for time being but perhaps one day, I’ll get a portable turntable that I can afford that preferably I could plug into wall, like the old-school ones, as I’m not sure how these new fangled versions work….lol as I’m not all that techsmart savvy, more like somewhat techstupiddunce dept for me …..lol…????
You 2 are so cute. I, of course, grew up on vinyl. I have a Hugh assortment of what I bought and my mother’s old jazz albums like Stan Kentan( spl?) Bix Bidderback etc(spl) I actually got to play for Thad Jones in 1984. Biggest claim to fame. Lol in the 1980s the cds came out so most of us started to add that player to our stereos. Today I will listen to some streams going down the road in my 18 wheeler. Pandora or YouTube. On Pandora I play Baroque channel. Mona Lisa Twin or Liliac channels. I do not prefer steams. Sometimes I don’t hear the same quality at times. So, going down the road I use cds. I’ve recently got back into my vinyl. Got some of my favorites out. Then the Pretty Reckless had Death by Rockin Roll single on vinyl. Couldn’t resist. The other band I support, the vinyl in the US was very reasonable so I got their vinyl. I have said to you, price be damn, I want your next Album on vinyl. I have really missed the warmer tones. Plus, holding a brand new album in your hands I have missed. Reading everything and listening to the albums. Hope you liked my answer. Be safe everyone. Peace. God Speed. Stay Groovy! ❤????
My day-to-day listening is in my car from my digital library mixing streamed songs and music ripped from my collection. My sit-down-and-listen time at home is split pretty equally between my CD and vinyl collection. I can still play the few cassettes I still have, but don’t. :^)
Congrats to the winner, spoiler alert, you know who you are!
Wow, loved seeing you both jamming out on the acoustic guitars there. Your finger work on those strings are magic Lisa! Lisa is my favourite guitar hero bar none.
I love the rivalry between Mona and Lisa today. 1 for Mona, and 1 for Lisa. I don’t think though in the MLT community it is possible one will come out on top in a Mona vs Lisa poll. Together, the musical magic you create is greater than the sum of the two parts. We love and appreciate you both equally, however from last years do you prefer raisins or no raisins in your cookie debate, I have to side with Lisa! ???? No raisins please!
I love the silky smooth slip mat, and a signed Orange vinyl is the best, there is going to be another lucky winner tomorrow.
Wow the teas went from a 4 and 2, to 10 and a 9 yesterday, down to 2 and 3 today. I think perhaps the scale might even dip down into the negatives and past 10 a this rate.
For me when I get an album, it has to have a physical content to it, so I definitely prefer vinyl and CD, and between the two if vinyl comes back like it is, it will always be vinyl over CD. Well, perhaps I would get both, as I would want to rip the CD into a digital format so I can have it in my phone, but if a vinyl is available, I would get it for sure along with the CD. There is a ceremonial aspect to owning a vinyl of an album, placing it on a turntable, carefully lowering the stylus on it. It is so much more vulnerable than CD and digital format, but so much richer and elegant. It gives the hard work the artist put into the album a sense of intrinsic value by being bound in something beautiful and elegant, especially the Orange vinyl. Imagine owning all of Shakespeare’s work in a volume of beautifully crafted hard bound books rather than a digital file on a thumb drive. It’s great vinyl is making a come back. Fountain pens are too! ????
Thank you for another wonderful Advent Mona and Lisa!
LOL! LOVE the end of this video! I love you both equally the same! Anyway, I play mostly CDs and digital files. So please keep making CDs! I prefer physical media. Although I haven’t had a record player in many years now.
I listen to CDs and do streaming also , I do have a handful of albums in my collection. I need to buy a turntable since vinyl is on the rise again. I prefer albums over any other source to listen to music.
I used to buy vinyl and have a large selection dating back to the 60s. I also bought some cassettes to play in the car.
When everyone said vinyl was dead and that CDs were the way forward I obviously bought them instead. And I bought CD versions of some of the vinyl’s although I still have them as well.
I also prefer to have a physical versions. And as Vinyl seems to be making a comeback I often get CD and a Vinyl copy of an album.
Sometimes I listen to radio.
I rarely stream. Only the odd few via Amazon Prime music if its available or via the free version of Spotify. Usually to check out whether I want to buy the physical album.
I have always preferred the sound of vinyl. I remember when CDs first came out and everyone was excited. Even then, I wasn’t impressed. To me the sound was lacking. It was clear but lacked the warmth and depth. Of course, I had to make the shift because, until recent years, vinyl was not very available. I am starting to move back to vinyl now, however. I also still have all my old vinyl albums!
Ditto on what you said about the beginning of the CD era, Jeannette. I remember how jarring it was to hear the music start emerging from complete silence, without the pop and crackle of positioning the stylus on the record to prepare you.
Yes! Something about that silence felt empty.
I still have all of my vinyl LP’s and singles, which is quite a large collection. I also have an extensive CD collection. I prefer listening to the vinyl but these days, for ease, I have most of it ripped onto my MP3 player and PC and so that tends to be the first port of call. I still like to purchase most music on a physical medium rather than streaming it.
I prefer vinyl as I bought my first record (10cc) on vinyl and still have a record player, however I mainly listen to C.D’s in the car as the sound quality is so clear. I remember having cassettes but after a while they would jam up in the player and had to use a pencil to try and put them right, but it was never the same again.
I prefer vinyl although most of my collection now is on CDs. I just like having a physical music collection whether that be vinyl, 8-tracks, CDs, or cassettes.