Here is a technical breakdown of the limitations and compromises of music on vinyl.
(No disrespect intended to our Cosonauts who love to listen to music this way. Those people probably know about these things already.)
@voltronic We have about 500 albums and a turntable. I don't listen to them because I am too lazy to get the album, wipe the album, play the album, flip the album, put album away. Scratches are no big deal - a well placed dime or nickle solves that issue.
We keep them for the memories, the album art, the songs not available anywhere.
Hell, I have an ipod classic that is almost 20 years old and still works
@floryloughead
The video addresses the coin on the head shell trick. The trade-off there is that you wear out your album faster.
@voltronic use the lightest coin to avoid the skip. Problem is people would go for a too heavy coin from the get go. I have albums from the 1950s