Sometimes the strangest things can go through a craze.... look up the Dutch Tulip market bubble ...Vinyl out sold CD’s last last year and is on track to increase.
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Sometimes the strangest things can go through a craze.... look up the Dutch Tulip market bubble ...Vinyl out sold CD’s last last year and is on track to increase.
From a revenue perspective, vinyl has outsold CDs for multiple years now.Vinyl out sold CD’s last last year and is on track to increase.
A lot depends on the mastering for each medium. In my experience, the mastering makes more of a difference than the medium in how much I enjoy an album.Having just done comparison of vinyl, CD and SACD of the same '70s album on high-end equipment, I feel like sharing my result that old CDs are objectively challenged in fidelity, because of inferior digital computers back then. SACD sounds best, but vinyl sounds better than the '90s CD reissue (more detail/fidelity).
With regard to new vinyl, it seems that quality is often inferior to old vinyl. Like the reverse situation of CDs. Well, people who say new vinyl sounds better than new CDs should be dismissed until a concentrated comparison on high-end equipment is performed obviously.
Certainly, and MCH mastering makes the biggest difference of all.A lot depends on the mastering for each medium. In my experience, the mastering makes more of a difference than the medium in how much I enjoy an album.
Perhaps the disappearance of CD demand due to streaming may have something to do with that?Vinyl out sold CD’s last last year and is on track to increase.
At least until the last hipster dies or goes deaf.Vinyl out sold CD’s last last year and is on track to increase.
There is a one word answer. “Money”. Vinyl is a trendy way to sell a hard copy.
"Vinyl Profits" will become an oxymoron again!
Let's wait and see...
You mean like this?Perhaps the disappearance of CD demand due to streaming may have something to do with that?
Sales of both CDs and LPs grew in 2021 - I have not seen the physical media growth stats in 2022 yet.You mean like this?
Spot the year when smartphones with data connectivity hit the market!
And that's 2016 for 22% physical share. Fast forward and today the physical share is halved again to 11%.
And of course that 11% is in dollars! Given the absurd price of an LP vs the alternatives on a per song basis, the share of Music Listening Minutes on LP is probably around the 1% to 2% mark.
Wait: remember how 50% of LP buyers don't own a player? I might have overestimated at 1%!
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More growth opportunity for the turntable market! I’m seeing more new models being introduced and even U-Turn has debuted a higher end design for those looking to upgrade.Wait: remember how 50% of LP buyers don't own a player? I might have overestimated at 1%!
You are assuming the 50% of LP buyers who don't own a TT actually want to play them!More growth opportunity for the turntable market!
That’s what marketing is for! Getting to 60% would be a major accomplishment.You are assuming the 50% of LP buyers who don't own a TT actually want to play them!
Some users are just too slow to understand that for 2ch sources, hard media like CD and Vinyl are long obsoleteVinyl out sold CD’s last last year and is on track to increase.
You got to find one of those silly anti-static guns (ZeroStat's) to shoot your squashed hockey pucks with.By FAR my least favorite aspect of the format is keeping the stupid things clean and static electricity free
Never used the Zerostat, but love my discwasher brush....Some users are just too slow to understand that for 2ch sources, hard media like CD and Vinyl are long obsolete
and belong in the trash heap. Digital people are just a little brighter.
You got to find one of those silly anti-static guns (ZeroStat's) to shoot your squashed hockey pucks with.
I hear they get about $100 for these things today. LOL
"The device utilizes two piezo-electric crystals that are compressed by squeezing a hand trigger. The compression of the piezo-electric crystals generates a positive stream of ions that attracts the dust off the surface of the record and leaves the surface with a negative charge."
You jest (I think), but one bellwether of a band is "vinyl-only"releases. Oddly, they almost always release digital files, too.At least until the last hipster dies or goes deaf.
I had that complete set just as pictured way, way, way back in the day.Never used the Zerostat, but love my discwasher brush....
Sounds like someone cashed out his vinyl at a market nadir, lol.Some users are just too slow to understand that for 2ch sources, hard media like CD and Vinyl are long obsolete
and belong in the trash heap. Digital people are just a little brighter.
You got to find one of those silly anti-static guns (ZeroStat's) to shoot your squashed hockey pucks with.
I hear they get about $100 for these things today. LOL
"The device utilizes two piezo-electric crystals that are compressed by squeezing a hand trigger. The compression of the piezo-electric crystals generates a positive stream of ions that attracts the dust off the surface of the record and leaves the surface with a negative charge."
I took advantage of this and sold my tt and albums. For a premium price I might add For years I thought they’d end up in a landfill.From a revenue perspective, vinyl has outsold CDs for multiple years now.
My understanding, if incomplete, is that bands make more money from vinyl sales than digital sales. The limited global production capacity of vinyl may hold up the LP release for months, though.You jest (I think), but one bellwether of a band is "vinyl-only"releases. Oddly, they almost always release digital files, too.