# Vinyl cool, CD not. Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-cool-cd-not-why/656359 "2013-04-22T01:00:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-cool-cd-not-why/656359/21 "2013-04-26T12:37:58Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > What I want to know is where the nostalgia is for audio tapes. Tangled up around the capstan, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-cool-cd-not-why/656359/22 "2013-04-26T13:45:35Z")
> [@deltasigma](#): > > You can still get that feeling with the [Air Force One turntable](http://www.theaudiobeat.com/ces2013/ces2013_techdas.htm) and it will only set you back a little over $80k. 🆒 > > I swear, I don’t know why I subscribe to Stereophile. I get a stiff neck from shaking my head. Wow. For 80k you can probably just hire the original musicians to play in your living room. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-cool-cd-not-why/656359/23 "2013-04-26T14:03:47Z")
For you folks that are gaga over vinyl, I’ve got a tub full of 45s that need a home. All in excellent condition with original sleeves. Also a couple of boxes of LPs. Yeah, didn’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-cool-cd-not-why/656359/24 "2013-04-26T14:27:44Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > \ > > What I want to know is where the nostalgia is for audio tapes. Believe it or not, nostalgia for cassettes does exist. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-cool-cd-not-why/656359/25 "2013-04-26T14:48:00Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Believe it or not, nostalgia for cassettes does exist. Yup. I was just at Goat’s show at The Black Cat last night, and their opening band (Holy Wave) had cassettes for sale. So does Your Skull. (They were also selling cassette players, which I thought was prudent.) And a plethora of other indie/smaller bands do the same, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-cool-cd-not-why/656359/26 "2013-04-26T14:56:07Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > When I was a teen, it wasn’t uncommon for kids my age to adorn their bedroom walls with various album covers. Which I personally believe is a source for a lion’s share of the sentiment. > > You’ll never get that with CDs. Slight tangent – I actaully did get that from CDs, for awhile. Does anyone remember in the late 80s/early 90s, CDS would be packaged in these long boxes, about twice the length of the CD itself (half of the box was empty space)? I think it was for the benefit of stores who still had racks upon racks designed to display albums, since these boxes were about the same length as an album cover. Well, I used to take the fronts off of these boxes and hang them on my bedroom wall. So I’m nostalgic for that, at least. Not so much for the CDs themselves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinyl-cool-cd-not-why/656359.md?page=1)