Vinyl, cassette, or compact disc?

Vinyl as collectibles... (I have some great ones.)

Cassettes as desperation... (Tired of replacing cassettes with CD's.)

CD's as space savers... (Watch out people, they're about to get smaller...

which is one probable reason for the closing of Virgin Record stores!)

Should I just follow the example of Farenheit 451, and commit

everything to memory?!!!!

I like the vinyl because they are easy to handle, the needle can be placed anywhere on the record without fast forwarding or rewinding. Cassette is good because it is smaller than the vinyl, but can be erased to use over again. Compact Disc is smaller than the vinyl and that's good, but unfortunately, it doesn't seem to last as long. But it does sound nice and clear. But it has one big draw back. If it gets scratched, it can't be played where as vinyl can still be played, but there will be a pop in it. I guess I don't really have a preference. Just use whatever is available. I would think that if microchips price comes down, songs will be recorded on those. Like on about the size of SD memory cards. There wouldn't be any moving parts. And they would be erasable.

Oh, cd's for sure! I've never owned a record player, so no reason to get vinyl. Plus, Cd's are fairly durable. I've had way too many cassettes that were ruined for no other reason than my player was hungry. At least that's the only thing I can figure! Not to mention the ability to immediately get to the track you want, instead of using FF and Rewind.

Why do you prefer cassettes?

Compact disc, baby! All the way! :-)

Well I don't like cassettes 'cause I used to use them when I was little but they just get all unstuck and shitty, if you know what I mean..basically they end up breaking whenever I play something over and over which I have the habit of doing.

I am trying to get more into vinyl (my mum has loads of records) but imma have to go with CD's for the simple reason that I have more of them so it's what I'm used to now. Plus I'm loving the little CD booklet and everything... :D

Also...when you're trying to find music it is SO much easier to find it on a CD than it is to find it on vinyl or cassette...at least, where I live.

Vinyl, mostly for the crackle at the start and because they look nicer, but there's something special about mixtapes on cassette. When I buy new albums they're mostly CDs though, because I want to put them on my iPod and computer - I like what some bands do, where they put a code to get free mp3s inside the vinyl albums, so you can have it both ways. I think No Age did that with Nouns, but I only realised after I'd got the CD...

CD's all the way!

I can't play vinyls or cassettes in my car :p

Not to mention none of the music I like was released during the time of cassettes or vinyls - so I doubt I'd be able to find them anyways.

Vinyl I prefer for the sound which is more dynamic. CD I prefer for the convenience. Cassette I prefer to ignore.

i don't get around to listening to very much vinyl. i do like the pops, crackles, hisses and other 'imperfections' they hold.

i guess i prefer cds; mainly for the convenience and such. CDs are also more abundant in our society. it's hard enough to find the olivia tremor control on compact disc to begin with; finding it on vinyl is nearly impossible. you'd just have to look really, really hard. Maybe with a flashlight.

it's fun to record your own mediocre music to cassette and trade them with friends who also make their own cassettes.

Cd's will be around for a while cause theres so many of them. Flash drives are still unsteady and unreliable. With hard drive devices becoming smaller with higher capicty that will be the next medium for all audio and video, through the ability for pc connectivity, and soon to be tv etc connectivity.

Vinyl.

There really isnt a huge reason why, but i like the sound better, i find Vinyls neater, and i would prefer orriginals over remastered cds any day.