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My wife and I have already started collecting vinyl. My FIL gave us a really nice setup he was using and a few records, and we’ve gone from there.
At first, I didn’t really get it, but then I was reminded of how nice it was to listen to a whole album. I wound up rediscovering songs I loved as a kid that I haven’t heard because you can now just make a playlist of your favorites. It’s also really nice to actually own my copies. Empire is probably long gone, eaten by another company, but my player still works just fine. I can also repair it myself in the unlikely event that it breaks.
I also like going to music stores and browsing again. People in the stores are typically nice and love talking about music and, honestly, anything else you want to chat about. You get to share the experience with strangers face-to-face and be a small part of a moment in their lives.
Like any kind of collecting or niche interest, it’s hard for a lot of people to understand why others do it. Hopefully, this helps.
Also, CDs are typically waaay cheaper, so we will be supplementing with those.
When I was a kid, and my friends worked in fast food joints or bussed tables at restaurants, I worked in record stores. The pay sucked, but we got lots of free records, and it was the greatest job in the world.
We loved talking to enthusiastic music lovers, and we had lots of regulars that we looked forward to seeing. We knew their preferences, and when new stuff came in, I'd often set stuff aside for them.
They'd come in, greetings exchanged, and they'd say "What's new?" and you'd pull something out from under the counter, and say "This came in so I put aside for you." Even if they didn't take it, they appreciated that you thought of them.
Lots of cute girls, too. Working alongside of you, their cute friends dropping by, cute customers, and I was the perfect age for it.
What a great job. I'd still be doing it today, if y'know, every record store didn't go out of business, and if they ever paid more than minimum wage. Free records is nice, but you can't eat them, and I never found a landlord who would exchange records for rent.