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Here's a good Sunday morning read. Nice pics, too, at least in the print edition.
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Don't know what he's moaning about. If he launched a crowd-funding campaign, he'd probably make his money in an afternoon.
Maybe I should do it?
Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
It's a FAD.
But when demand outstrips supply and the ability to produce more is limited, costs to the consumer rise and quality invariably suffers. Little incentive to produce high quality analog products when you can unload every crappy CD file to vinyl you can produce.
Hi, Paully,
Consumers have two choices to make...
Quality and availability; but it will cost you.
Quality at a fair price; but you'll have to wait.
Availability at fair prices; but quality will suffer.
I'm willing to wait for a quality product at a fair price.
Regards,
Tom
I agree but we are two. The concern for me is that it has hit fad status which means the sellers need not concern themselves with us at all. Regardless of quality, they are selling all they can print. Of course the fad may fade, will we still be buying or will we have moved on? I am already buying fewer records where I don't know the provenance because of quality concerns, though that is more about the master where they are cutting corners rather egregiously on some releases. I have told myself multiple times not to buy a record where the publisher will not tell me the source, because if they are keeping it a secret there is a reason why. For the first time I am actually following my own advice, at least more than I used to.
If this vinyl resurgence is indeed a fad and enough suppliers are able to sell crap at premium prices, then I think the resurgence will die off fairly quickly. As Bry mentions, it's always been about the money; fad buyers only enbolden suppliers that don't care about the quality. Must be frustrating for the suppliers that really do care about the music and I hope they make pressing quality a priority and emphasize that as a selling point. But the price has to cover the extra money and attention that goes into that quality. I'm not sure if enough people are willing to pay the price.
I do feel that we're riding a wave; that vinyl records are not sustainable. After all, the generation that made vinyl successful is itself a wave, and getting older. So enjoy the ride while you can. '-)
Regards,
Tom
I personally, haven't let up on my purchases since I got into LPs at the age of 12 (1980's).
Seriously, although I might have gone crazy and spent EVERY week's allowance on at least a single, if not full LP, I've usually bought about 4 to 6 LP's a year since then.
For the moment, let's not even consider the CD vs. LP debate-
To me, records have been (and never will be) a fad; they have been a necessity, simply because as has been written in many audio journals (and here at AA), some stuff would/will never see the light of day on CD. Still true today, I'm sure. That is probably a blanket statement, but I've got a few LPs that I have never seen on CD (and yes, even though I'm an Analog Junkie, I AHEV looked high and low!).
It gets even worse when a CD issue does surface, that it sounds like crap or is out for such a short period that by the time it is discovered, it's gone.
Dman
Analog Junkie
This thread has me thinking...The fact that no one in the pressing business is willing to invest in new machinery makes me think that they still don't see this as a long term trend.
The concern that LPs are a fad and that the audiophile customer doesn't matter is a valid one. I have a few recent LPs that don't come close to the digital editions which is indicative of sloppy or incompetent mastering (not to mention hour-long albums commonly being put on a single disc). It often gets difficult to defend vinyl playback under these conditions. How long can a spinning starburst-rainbow PVC pattern distract you from the sound of a crappy, compressed, off-center, noisy LP? But, then the point that CD reissues are just as hit-or-miss makes me realize this is and will always be just a business. It's rarely about the music.
When you find someone who actually cares, make sure you support them.
Edits: 09/29/14
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