Buy expensive vinyl but never play it

I am realizing lately the more I spend on a vinyl record the less I want to play it as I fear it does loose value by doing that. I still listen to the flacs instead. Do you have similar behaviors?

no

I only play my vinyl when my girlfriend's around, or for other special occasions. Usually I just use my ripped flacs, yeah, especially if it was expensive.

I plan to make flac rips of my rare vinyl exclusives and sell 'em off for just that reason; I can't seem to enjoy listening to them for fear of fucking them up!

I only buy vinyl to collect/listen to. Never for the purpose of selling it off later.

I've still got all my vinyl. Have bought and sold bits I didn't like but that was like over 10 years ago. I buy vinyl to listen to it or if I think a record is exceptional.

not to say I don't play records in general, but I definitely haven't listened to my vinyl nearly as often as I used to, fucking portable turntable being my only playback option. but even with more valuable records, I like to play them at least once before I forget about them for a few weeks.

this is rediculous! like buying a car and never driving it.

They'll probably get more damage if you dont play them. Storage and dust are far more likely to ruin them.

Plus the fact that they're pieces of plastic, get a grip!

  On 6/10/2011 at 10:55 AM, o00o said:

I am realizing lately the more I spend on a vinyl record the less I want to play it as I fear it does loose value by doing that. I still listen to the flacs instead. Do you have similar behaviors?

no

i play all the records i have. even the rare ones.

  On 6/10/2011 at 8:46 PM, oscillik said:

i play all the records i have. even the rare ones.

  On 6/10/2011 at 10:58 AM, ganus said:

I only play my vinyl when my girlfriend's around

Spinnin/Spittin that rar game!

I don't like to buy REALLY expensive records for this reason: I know I would be inclined to try to preserve it and therefore lessen the experience of having a piece of music.

  On 6/10/2011 at 8:53 PM, gNAT said:

  On 6/10/2011 at 10:58 AM, ganus said:

I only play my vinyl when my girlfriend's around

 

Spinnin/Spittin that rar game!

 

I don't like to buy REALLY expensive records for this reason: I know I would be inclined to try to preserve it and therefore lessen the experience of having a piece of music.

Understandable, however I prefer to think about the cost relating more to the music itself than the physicality and value of it. I.e. I wouldn't just pay $70 for Konigsforst by Gas to have it sit all pretty on my shelf. There's some vinyl-exclusive music on it, and beyond that it's just one of the best albums to hear on vinyl anyway...

I'm not buying a rare/exclusive piece of plastic, I'm buying music, if I'm not going to listen to it I'm not buying it.

For a record I've paid a fair whack for, I'd feel cheated if I didn't play it. Why else would I bother buying it. I've got a few which have ripples or torn sleeves coming from taking out and playing. Gives them character and makes them mean even more to you than keeping them shrinkwrapped in a temperature controlled enviroment for it's life.

Most I've paid for a record was 40 dollars for Subliminal Sandwich

€115 for Elecktroids - Elektroworld.

i've played it quite a lot

i play all the vinyls i have, but the rare ones wont get deejayed.

Yeah, regardless of the amount paid for a record, it gets chucked on the turntable immediately,

defeats the purpose for me entirely not to hear it. Everytime I see one of those expensive carded Starwars figures,

I want to burst it open and have a battle.

Never spent more than 30 quid on any 1 record anyway.

  On 6/11/2011 at 10:55 AM, chassis said:

Never spent more than 30 quid on any 1 record anyway.

Oh yeah I was gonna mentioned this too. I wouldn't pay through the ass for a record anyway. Most I've paid is £20 I think.

the most i ever paid for a single album (ie. not counting warp20 box) was $60 for amber, and i've probably played that more than any of my other records!

.. though sometimes i buy something and then don't listen to it for a while, i have a pile of unplayed stuff that i am slowly getting through.