Back to vinyl?

x0x · Post by **x0x** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:59 am

EDM has been a passion of mine since the early 90s. I purchased vinyl all the way through those years, made a little break, bought Serato a few years ago and started the whole digital thing. I'm oldschool with 2 SL1200 decks so I picked Serato because of the vinyl possibility and I liked their package.

Now to be honest all those releases on Beatport (were I normally purchase) are getting too much for me. There is just too much crap, way too many releases thrown on each and every single day. I simply do not have the time to walk through all new techno, tech-house, mnml releases to keep up.

I think the digital thing has ruined the fun of searching for good tracks and maybe even a little bit of the passion for me. So where does that bring me today. I'm thinking about buying vinyl again, I don't care if they cost more.

What do you guys think? Is it a wise decision or is vinyl going to die anyway in the next couple of years? Now that I'm on the topic anyway, are there still any good online vinyl stores for The Netherlands around? I found vinyl-distribution.nl and 4djsonly.com so far.

Delano · Post by **Delano** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:18 pm

Did the same thing a more then a year ago.
I've sold Serato and went back to 100% vinyl again, nothing can beat that magic feeling .
I feel more pleasant rummaging around in a recordcase then scrolling in trackslists to find suitable tracks on a laptop.

x0x · Post by **x0x** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:23 pm

Delano wrote:Did the same thing a more then a year ago.
I've sold Serato and went back to 100% vinyl again, nothing can beat that magic feeling .
I feel more pleasant rummaging around a recordcase then scrolling in trackslists to find suitable tracks on a laptop.

Same story

Found another online vinyl reseller, recess. Only thing I'm afraid of is that there might be some good release on digital only... Since I do not have CD players I might have to keep my Serato.

Delano · Post by **Delano** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:33 pm

I don't have CD players, only 2 technics 1200mk5 turntables.
Most of the time I buy my records in a local recordstore, but sometimes online.
Check:

www.decks.de
www.deejay.de
www.juno.co.uk

and for the gemms and older stuff:

www.discogs.com

Good luck!

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:40 pm

x0x wrote: Only thing I'm afraid of is that there might be some good release on digital only... .

did that not bother you when you were playing digital? the vinyl only releases.

Rookas · Post by **Rookas** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:03 pm

recommend ds2shop.co.uk for old gems , im trying to buy as much vinyl as i can

Dragonsand · Post by **Dragonsand** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:09 pm

I am myself lost.

So I don't buy anything anymore since several weeks.

I like when a release I love is CD only or vinyl only, so I don't have to make a choice.

Since I don't mix anymore, I tend to lose my passion for vinyls a little bit, as I rip the music and listen to it on my mp3 player more often than on my turntables.

wax works · Post by **wax works** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:08 pm

I'm the same, went to just playing vinyl and now I have managed to swap a friend my traktor scratch and midi controller for 2 x cdj 800's

sorted!!