Originally Posted by roachboy

the sound is much better on vinyl--cd sound is highly compressed--you hear it in the relative one-dimensional character of the low end and the lack of warmth overall. you can still indulge a vinyl fetish pretty easily too, especially if your predelections run toward audiophile systems and heavy vinyl releases.

as for packaging, well yes. record covers were bigger canvasses.
but there is lots of cool cd packaging--you wont find much of it in regular stores, however, because they like those nasty plastic jewel cases. go underground---the most interesting music and most interesting graphics live there.