Vinyl is not a fad

My favorite sarcastic one is: CDs are a tacky remnant of the '90s — right up there with pagers and fanny packs.

And, as a matter of fact, one additional reason for me, besides the sound, was indeed to stop the nervous clicking through the universe. I hardly listened to any complete albums anymore.


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CPP said:
I like this reason " Locking that needle down on a groove forces you stop and listen"
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That is the exact reason why 95% of my listening is vinyl. I am one of those people that can't sit still. Vinyl makes me sit, relax and listen. With the added benefit of sounding better to me than digital :).
 
Even though I'm not nearly as hype about vinyl as many of you are, I'm glad that the culture itself is alive and doing (relatively) well. Let's hope it continues. :)
 
MDP said:
I love having both a great digital system and an even better vinyl rig :D
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Mark.......Amen! Other sources I enjoy in my systems are FM radio, reel to reel tape, and streaming. These are great times for audiophiles.

One of the things I continue to find amusing is the media hype that wants to trash digital in favor of vinyl. You hear and read statements like, "Vinyl sales surge, up 51% in 2014 over 2013 sales", "Compact disc sales are in the tank". You get the picture. Pundits like to use percentages because it makes their point seem larger and more dramatic. The 51% increase in album sales in 2014 over 2013 actually represented an increase of only 3.1 million more LP's sold, for a total of 9.2 million LP's sold in 2014 according to the Nielsen Report. Not a word gets mentioned that during the same time period of 2014 there were 140.8 million CD's sold. Yes, that's down approximately 6% from the 165 million CD's sold in 2013 but still represents a sizable quantity of compact disc sales. In 2014, the last year total sales figures are currently reported by Nielsen, CD's sold 15.25 to 1 LP. Another interesting fact, all albums sales (LP, CD, Digital) fell 11% from 2013 to 2014. 2013 album sales totaled 289 million, while 2014 album sales totaled 257 million.

The compact disc is no more dead than the LP. Even considering the declining numbers of total album sales in all mediums, CD's still represent the lion's share of total annual album sales. It is unlikely that LP sales will approach the present annual total sales of compact discs despite the shrinking CD sales as a whole. The compact disc is far from extinct. Even if LP sales were to double in the 2015 figures, which is highly unlikely, that number still pales by comparison to annual compact disc sales.

Personally speaking, I like both formats, vinyl and digital. My listening habits are 85% digital and 15% vinyl. Owning three music servers has spoiled me. None the less, I find both mediums satisfying and enjoyable. I hope they both have long lives.
 
Dan.......What woman think! j/k For those that have a huge passion for sound as most of us here have, thats why we're here huh! The ones that will go the extra distance & set their system up over a period of months "&" move the speakers 999 times, match their cables to the components to get an even sound that is likeable to them before they are right & occasionally open their minds to maybe it is better. The best system I have heard is a system that was optimised for vinyl, the digital wasn't too shabby either. For me the best sound I have got from my system is delivered from vinyl.... or as I know you are in the know, I could have just simply replied...

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