"I'm sure it's hard for a lot of younger people today to understand that there was a time when people would get out an album, put it on and just sit and listen to it, like they were at a concert. The process of making music convenient has marginalized it to a background process in many ways; it's not a thing to be experienced in itself but just a thing that enhances other activities like eating or exercise or web-surfing. Prog music fans tend to be exceptions in the modern age; they still like to hold something physical and pay attention to music. Vinyl makes you an active participant in your music experience. When I was a kid there was nothing better than checking out the cover before you even opened the album up, then taking the record out and checking out the label, cleaning the record and finally putting it on and listening. You could actually sort of tell what the music would be like from the grooves; whether they were tight and tiny or wide and chunky. The side breaks are like little intermissions and again, flipping albums over keeps you involved in the active process of listening."