That's a really, really tough question.

I'm not really a very happy person when I drop large chunks of a money at a time on vinyl, but I do generally feel that the purchases are worthwhile. Vinyl also tends to hold its value pretty well, so long as you are buying decent tracks.

So yeah, I'm kind of on the fence regarding this issue.

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Vinyls are not like cd you can't go buys a vinyl burner to put on your computer and download some vinyl song and then mix it you know.

So I think the price of vnyl is pretty fair.

Plus, I think a lot of the cost goes into license issues. Unless I'm mistaken, most purchases of dance vinyl gives you the privlage to play it out as well as listen to it yourself. Of course I could be way, way off, but I'm just sharing what I vaguely recall hearing...

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suck it up bitches.

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we could complain all we want.................it won't help

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i'm perfectly happy paying 6 or 7 english pounds for a vinyl if it's good quality.

thanks for the replies...
im just a litle concerened esp ppl like me that spend $50 - $100 a week for records. and the past weeks ive cut my spending into half of the regular. but i will always buy vinyls no matter what..and i think dj trinity is right, we can complain all we want and nothing will happen lol... just wanted to see what are other ppl's views .. hehe thanks

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i guess it's fair, considering vinyl, to begin with, is more expensive than CDs (im speaking of the actual discs). also, if vinyls were dirt cheap, what would record labels that don't sell a bajizillion copies live off of?

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problem in belgium is that they don't see music as culture but as a luxury... which means they don't cut down on taxes.

Which means that when u buy a porn magazine (magazines are seen as culture) u only pay 6% taxes, but when u buy music, u pay 21% taxes

god bless belgium

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Good thing you have US money.

Here most record I buys are like 9£ witch is x 2.24 to make canadien money so it always like 24$ 22$ anyways our money is nothing lol.

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Originally posted by nrjizer Plus, I think a lot of the cost goes into license issues. Unless I'm mistaken, most purchases of dance vinyl gives you the privlage to play it out as well as listen to it yourself. Of course I could be way, way off, but I'm just sharing what I vaguely recall hearing...

You are way, way off. You can search for threads that explain the law in detail, but in short - vinyls don't come with the right to a public performance. You still need the club you're playing at to have paid its license fee.

In regards to record price, my local store just bumped all their new vinyls from $10 to $11. That pissed me off. I can understand $10, but I don't think the recent signs of inflation have really been significant enough to justify a 10% price hike. I can see why CDJs are growing in popularity....

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i think they are too high. It costs ~$16-19 CDN for a record. CDs cost ~$14-18.


about 12 tracks per CD

about 2 tracks per record


both about the same price...hmm....