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Do you buy vinyl for DJ'ing?

I'm trying to get an accurate gauge on DJ's buying vinyl. Please try to be as truthful as possible. Don't use this as a stage to stand on if you do still buy vinyl and want the whole world to know it. Just honest answers if you don't mind

If you don't buy vinyl, did you ever buy vinyl? If you used to buy vinyl, when did you stop and why did you stop buying it?

Thanks for participating in this brief survey

There wasn't a proper option for me, so I'll just post it:

I only own one or two tracks on vinyl that I would play out, so I never play vinyl out. However, I actually plan on buying more. I like mixing vinyl and I like the thought of mixing the occasional vinyl set out.

So, I'm a little ass-backwards from the norm. I'm not "switching over" to vinyl, but I'd like to have a nice little collection in the near future.

I DJ with digital files. I collect records.

between 2003 and 2006 i bought shit loads of vinyl, but in 2006 everything went to shit and i sold both decks and mixer and everything. i really miss djeing but i dont miss looking for vinyls and paying all that money. i did save like 30 of my best vinyls though, they still rock today.

i have records, i used to play out with records all the time (before cdjs were common in clubs)

i now play mainly cds, i'll still stick a few of my top tracks in my bag along with my cd books if the mood strikes (and i know there's going to be turntables there too)

i only buy records now if it's one of those bomb tracks i'd like to add to my collection or if i decide to go on a record buying binge, otherwise it's all digital for me (if i could afford it though i'd be buying records every week still)

plus, the local record shops have closed, i would go down and spend an afternoon digging for tunes, digging for records online just doesn't have that same charm

I just got into vinyl, so yeah. I'm buying old stuff, new stuff, all sorts of stuff

There's a few record shops out near where I live so I'm fairly regularly blazing up and shopping for 3-4 hours.

I mostly buy vinyl, actually. Sometimes CD's, but if I can I'll get the vinyl version.

I have never bought a single digital file in my life and I don't plan on doing so any time soon either.

if records were as cheap as digital files, i'd still be buying them. for me, its simple economics, although i prefer the feel/sound of real vinyl over ssl. i stopped buying vinyls in bundles when i was convinced that ssl was good enough of an emulator. now i buy records occasionally when i see an old track that i liked for sale on discogs.

Sweeeet thread. Yes i still buy vinyl and only vinyl. =)

I was also wondering this samething, if people still buy vinyl why dont they have more vinyl pressings?? I have noticed that some labels have made there backcatoluge avalible via MP3 or CD but why dont they re-press the vinyl also?? that would be cool if they did that i sure as helll would buy them.

I buy new vinyl. These days, though, it is getting harder to stay up to date with the new stuff that is exclusively digital.

I do not have a DVS or CDJs, so that makes it a bit difficult to play new tracks of certain genres, but if there is no need to be in that position, it usually is not a problem.

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Originally posted by Zild I DJ with digital files. I collect records.

I have played with vinyl since I started djing and still do today, but I also use digital files now. So the vinyl I buy now are really special tracks to me that are only available on vinyl.

i used to be only vinyl, but since i went digital, i mainly get vinyls if the track isn't released in digital or is white label only.

i only buy things that are either spectacular (art + music + collection worthy), or exclusive to vinyl. The rest is digital.

There isn't a category for me on the poll. I DJ with digital files and have just purchased my first vinyl. I have another one on the way that is vinyl-only, which is why I bought it (it's not the Tiesto-approved track, Jay). I don't have any turntables but I plan on getting some soon

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Originally posted by lenazi i only buy things that are either spectacular (art + music + collection worthy), or exclusive to vinyl. The rest is digital.

gay bro

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery I mostly buy vinyl, actually. Sometimes CD's, but if I can I'll get the vinyl version. I have never bought a single digital file in my life and I don't plan on doing so any time soon either.

well.. MEGARESPECT for you, ma vinyl brutha

as for me, i converted to pure vinyl some time ago (about a year) and since then never looked back. since i don't dj anywhere, i just buy them for a collection

I used to own about 650 vinyls. Most (600) of them were hard trance (tracid traxxx, overdose, pulse)and hardstyle, but I sold them, cause good hard trance is pretty much dead and hardstyle doesn't have anything to do with the sound I liked in it back then (Uberdruck, early warmduscher...etc). Nowadays hs is pretty much the same boring song done by different people featuring some stupid mc shouting some lame ass shit on top of it.

Nowadays I have about 150 vinyls mostly trance (classics): http://www.discogs.com/user/ETJ_ (20 hard trance records not listed there). I also have about 100 CDs including albums and singles. I've never bought any mp3s or wavs.

Hope to buy more classic vinyl when I move back to Finland next summer.

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Originally posted by boris_the_bear gay bro

considering i own a few thousand records you can go fuck yourself. Almost all major distributors in north america have gone bust, and if i continued to buy every single release that i wanted imported so would i.

go sit in the corner with your puny collection and think about it.

Built up a small collection of vinyl as of late. Getting a couple Technics either this weekend or next week, and I'll go from there.

For the time being, I see myself collecting and playing with vinyl for at least a little while. I do plan to get Traktor at some point in the future, so it'll be a combination of vinyl / digital.

I'm surprised by the results.. Didn't think there would be that many vinyl folk still out there. Then again a thread like this will get the support of Vinyl users but still it's nice to see

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Originally posted by lenazi considering i own a few thousand records you can go fuck yourself. Almost all major distributors in north america have gone bust, and if i continued to buy every single release that i wanted imported so would i. go sit in the corner with your puny collection and think about it.

yea, that's the big problem with buying records in north america now, having to import pretty much everything if you want vinyl, that's why i stick to finding those rare white labels and tracks that stand out and i want to add to my collection

I still play 100% vinyl. It does kinda suck having to order from the UK now that aren't any good online record stores in the US. But, it works out to about $13/ record. My basic philosophy is if you are going to pay $13 for something it better be good. I see it as an added filter. I firmly believe a lot of shite I hear in clubs these days are the result of $1 downloads. People will buy a track because its cheap and they can, not because it is good. I figure if a producer or label doesn't think enough of their track to put the money into actually having it pressed then I certainly do not think enough of it to play it.

I still buy and use vinyl regularly..

If it's a strong release (2 or more good tracks) then I'll usually get it on vinyl as the mp3 equivalent won't be much less (if at all), if it's just one track off a release then I'll opt for mp3. still have thousands of vinyl in my room and garage from years gone by when my older brothers and myself bought them so they get a regular airing as well.

I recently started buying vinyl as more of a collection thing, I play with digital files. The only stuff I get is either vinyl exclusive or a release that I REALLY enjoy.

I buy Serato vinyl! hahahaha

I used to save up my lunch money during HS to buy vinyl. But I stopped in 2005 cuz I switched to Serato.

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