Well, I still have some Hank Williams sr. 78 rpms MGM, most of the beatles albums, but, when I was buying them in the day, I hated having to fool with a needle I was always having a scratch occurring and the singles with the yellow insert would drive me crazy, yeah, i was so happy when cassettes came along and then CD's, and now downloads, i am older than some here, but, I just love this digital age. I have imusic on my iphone, and pretty much every song that i have ever enjoyed is on it. real simple, great sound, no I dont want to go back to the albums and singles.