And I donāt mean only vinyl but also CDs, cassettes, tape cartridges, wax cylinders, sheet music, whatever medium that carries music.
As far as I know, my parents never used to have a turntable so they did not collect vinyl records. When I was little (early 1990s), we only had cassettes and thatās how I first listened to music (other than on the radio). I think the first cassette I bought on my own was L.A. Woman by The Doors. It was when Tesco in Hungary still sold CDs, DVDs and things like that.
Then in the late 1990s / early 2000s we started to buy CDs but we always found them somewhat expensive, at least compared to our financial situation at that time. Apart from budget various artists compilations (which were good to broaden my horizon), the first original CD I remember buying, with my parentsā approval, was Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd. It even had a TV ad back at the time which makes it seem even more of a distant memory than it really is. I used to listen to the CDs (it was a 2 CD set) and read and try to translate the lyrics. I spent a lot of happy hours with it, so much so that over time the cardboard casing got somewhat frayed as I tried to put it back into the CD case.
I havenāt actually bought CDs since the mid-2010s or so as my attention shifted to cinema and ordering CDs via the Internet was still somewhat expensive. In a few years, I started to think about trying vinyl records (it was in those years that vinyl started to make a comeback), just out of curiosity. I bought the first ones in my collection in 2018 but didnāt have a turntable at the time so they served as a constant reminder to take a few more steps in that direction.
After my mother passed away in 2021, I thought buying a turntable and an amplifier would be an appropriate way to raise my spirits and to check out what this vinyl thing was about. Fast forward 2.5 years and Iām here with a collection of 90 titles, some of them multi-disc sets, some brand new and others used.
The main draw of vinyl for me are the quality artwork and the whole vibe of taking the record out of the sleeve, brushing it before and after playing, putting the needle on, and so on. I can definitely appreciate the different sound (mostly in the bass / drums department), but Iām not an audiophile to obsess over the perceived or real virtues of very expensive audio cables and speaker sets. Itās really more about the setting for me. However, Iām not fond of excessive pops and clicks so I tend to prefer new pressings. That said, Iām not averse to buy used vinyl, especially old Hungarian records or classical music.
The first vinyl record I was the most proud of was a new pressing of Bitches Brew by Miles Davis. That artwork is a work of genius in my view. Sextant by Herbie Hancock is not far behind. Regarding sound quality, a new pressing of Conference of the Birds by Dave Holland is stunning, like there was no plastic on the turntable but a flesh and blood group in front of me. And if a record comes with inserts and other extras itās an even better deal.
So thatās about me in a nutshell. Iām curious if anyone else in this community has been a collector or has a particular item they cherish. 
Iāve also gotten into collecting vinyl again, but mostly new vinyl, and have a renewed interested in the jazz greats like Davis, Coltrane, Blakey, Sonny Rollins, etc. The Blue Note reissue recordings sound amazing. However, my most prized possession is probably an original Japanese pressing of Wish You Were Here.
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