Fans of vinyl records will never agree that an MP3 player is in any way shape or form as good as a record player. They’ll insist that vinyl records are the only way to listen to music and that MP3’s are just inferior, low quality audio recordings.

They’re wrong of course, let’s look at some ways an MP3 player is better than a record player.

1. MP3s don’t scratch
   No matter how many times you play them, over and over again, there’s no danger of them scratching from the stylus. They’re as good today as the day they were, well, ripped.
2. MP3s don’t warp in the sun
   There’s no danger of your MP3 files warping in strong sunlight. Yes the player may be susceptible to heat damage, but the files can simply be copied to another device, no problems.
3. MP3s don’t take up much space
   This is the obvious advantage, vinyl records take up loads of space in the house and are very heavy to cart around. You’ll need a van to carry round your entire music collection in one go, you’ll just need a 20GB iPod to carry round your entire MP3 collection.
4. You can copy MP3s with no quality loss
   Every time you copy music you lose quality, from vinyl to tape, CD to tape etc. When you copy an MP3 you’re copying the file, it’s exactly the same as the original file. No loss in quality!
5. You won’t need to buy and sell your MP3s at car boot sales
   There’s nothing more upsetting than selling your records at a car boot sale for 10p each, when you paid £10 for them years before. You won’t get that with MP3s. If you don’t want the music anymore, just delete it… though of course you won’t actually need to delete it, because it won’t take up any space.