It is nevertheless true. You simply cannot refute mathematical proofs, inconvenient as they are. And as a vinyl fan, you will no doubt know the reason why 12" p/u arma are available. It is to reduce the playback errors induced by the inherant limitations of vinyl playback.
I should have made my point more clearly: the error is very small, and probably inaudible. This very minor limitation is almost certainly NOT the source of any reduction in quality heard at the end of a side.
And how many of those singles were in any way playable?
Every single one I've tried so far.
More iportantly, how many of them did you actuallty want the music on? £0.0125 per single is a stupid amount of money if the record is a) f*cked, b) shite.
Several. I have found singles by some of my favourite bands in there. The Clash, Yazoo, the Stones, you name it. There's also lots of music I don't yet know. It's a lot of fun.
And even if they wer all 1st pressing masterpieces by the greatest bands ever, the fact remains that if you are in any way interested in new music, you are mostly f*cked.
Nonsense. I often buy new releases on vinyl. Google it.
I have been collecting music since 1965. I have about 1200 LPs & 2500 singles/EPs. A goodly proportion of which I bought second hand.
OK - no more sales pitch - I'll take em. Just name a sensible price.
And even at the peak of vinyl's popularity, most 2nd hand LPs were ****ed. They had mostly been played on some mass market groove grinder, were covered in fingerprints & fag ash & quite honestly fit only for landfill.
Actually the sort of stylus which ruins a record often rode quite high in the groove, and good line contact styluses reach past most of that damage. I never have any qualms about buying used records even with visible signs of wear. If your deck is set up right, then they seem to get better the more you play them.
Now, you might want to be the audio equivalent of a steam train enthusiast, getting covered in soot & shite whilst taking an inferior form of transport from one place nobody has heard of to another nobody wants to go to, and that's just fine.
Again, this is nonsense. I just put a record on, cue it, enjoy it, and forget about it. There's no real maintenance, and no soot.
But at least do not try to con people who do not know any better that your obsession has anything whatsoever to do with the search for true audio excellence. It is an anachronistic, technologically inferior dead end used mostly for playing sub-standard (all the good condition LPs having been snapped up years ago) old music. And stick that up YOUR arse, sunshine.
I'm not trying to con anyone, you are, by stating blatant falsehoods in your criticism of vinyl, which is a very enjoyable medium to use for music reproduction, as many people on this forum will agree. I wonder if you are so angry because you mistakenly believe, as you put it, that "all the good condition LPs [have] been snapped up years ago". Relax - there's plenty of life left in the old dog. As others have said, it's not illegal to use both vinyl and digital, so why turn it into a war? Has 'uncle' locked you in your room again?