Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I personally think it does make most albums sound a bit "better". Everything has kind of a friendly, warm, soft sound to it. It's very odd. I think it's more of a nostalgic thing for most people, as a lot of people listened to records when they were growing up... it doesn't actually make an album better or worse (in most cases; there's some interesting albums that use "locked grooves" that would be impossible to do on any other format, for example), but certainly it's an aesthetically interesting format, not to mention people often fetishize for big black vinyl circles and huge versions of album art.