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Needles and spins: Vinyl comeback drives turntable demand -- Boston Herald

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For decades the turntable market has survived because of the patronage of old folks, hip-hop DJs and those dorky crate-diggers who haunt the Harvard Square record shops. But the times are changing. Or rather, they’re changing back.

The vinyl market is enjoying an astounding rebound. Sales were up 37 percent last year and are on track to top that figure in ’08. More and more music fans are splitting their listening time between tiny Nanos and big, 12-inch records.

Why? Because - as audiophiles have said for years - old-school vinyl simply sounds better than CDs and other digital formats.

http://www.bostonherald.com/jobfind/news/technology/view.bg?articleid=1093294 (Open in New Window)

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RE: Needles and spins: Vinyl comeback drives turntable demand -- Boston Herald - cactuscowboy@bresnan.net 20:09:28 05/13/08 (11)
- "Vinyl is simply better... my ears know." Prove it, pal! CD has far better specs. ;-) nt - clarkjohnsen 08:27:34 05/14/08 (3)
  - I Disagree About the Specs..... - Todd Krieger 01:12:34 05/15/08 (2)
    - Uh... I was being facetious... nt - clarkjohnsen 08:54:59 05/15/08 (1)
      - I Know...... - Todd Krieger 23:18:52 05/15/08 (0)
- Forget it Jake. It's Chinatown. And unless you have a jar of Brilliant Pebbles on top of your cd player you'll - powermatic 21:36:57 05/13/08 (6)
  - Disqualification by "Brilliant Pebbles"....... - Todd Krieger 01:18:24 05/15/08 (0)
  - RE: Forget it Jake. It's Chinatown. And unless you have a jar of Brilliant Pebbles on top of your cd player you'll - cactuscowboy@bresnan.net 21:47:25 05/13/08 (4)
    - Never mind, his calumny is a deliberate digression from news he doesn't want to hear. Or, can't. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:29:46 05/14/08 (3)
      - RE: Never mind, his calumny is a deliberate digression from news he doesn't want to hear. Or, can't. nt - the roofman 11:06:16 05/14/08 (2)
        
        Hmmm... calumny... - clarkjohnsen 12:04:24 05/14/08 (1)
        
        Gee whiz clarkejohnsen, I thought we were all about having some fun in this thread. - powermatic 18:38:15 05/14/08 (0)
Vinyl is a problem - Feanor 08:28:57 05/13/08 (25)
- Golly!! Much more response than I expected - Feanor 19:38:11 05/14/08 (3)
  - Hate it when the truth interferes with your beliefs...nt - Condorsat 05:35:52 05/15/08 (2)
    - Indeed: vinylphiles cling to their beliefs - Feanor 07:04:53 05/15/08 (1)
      - RE: avoid the whole anti-digital reaction? - Condorsat 08:13:46 05/15/08 (0)
- What high resolution media? - Donald North 11:39:41 05/14/08 (0)
- Not sure *impeding* is the right word - E-Stat 07:52:04 05/14/08 (1)
  - "Distracting perhaps?" Or better, delaying the implementation of TOTAL DIGITAL DOMINATION. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:32:49 05/14/08 (0)
- So what if 2 channel vinyl is lower resolution than surround sound digital? A good recording engineer is more important - Richard BassNut Greene 07:29:32 05/14/08 (0)
- RE: Your giving Vinyl too much credit - Condorsat 06:07:41 05/14/08 (0)
- "Adherence to this ancient medium is impeding audio progress." Really? - Rob Doorack 06:03:32 05/14/08 (0)
- RE: Vinyl is a problem - Peter H-son 05:43:23 05/14/08 (0)
- Actually, it's the mass's adherence to low-resolution crapola that's... - VynylTap 05:17:43 05/14/08 (0)
- Digital is stupid expensive which is why I all but quit buying CDs... - nubz 04:11:08 05/14/08 (0)
- Stuck? - JCS 01:07:16 05/14/08 (1)
  - Yeah, "stuck". Feature that. *He* thinks *you* are stuck! A laff riot, that boy. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:37:00 05/14/08 (0)
- RE: Vinyl is a problem - cactuscowboy@bresnan.net 21:58:38 05/13/08 (1)
  - give 'em hell, Cowboy! - VynylTap 05:12:31 05/14/08 (0)
- It's adherence to ancient CD that's impeding audio progress. Many SACD owners also have turntables - Teresa 20:00:02 05/13/08 (1)
  - Once again the merely OK is the enemy of the best. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:39:03 05/14/08 (0)
- RE: Vinyl is a problem - Todd Krieger 17:34:32 05/13/08 (2)
  - RE: Vinyl is a problem - cactuscowboy@bresnan.net 20:15:09 05/13/08 (1)
    - "78s... sound far better than a lot of the commercially produced CDs." Second that! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:40:05 05/14/08 (0)
- Vinyl is expensive and labor intensive, but... - George Mann 13:30:51 05/13/08 (2)
  - "Full Spectrum, Frequency-Modulated Optical Analog playback medium" - powermatic 17:57:26 05/13/08 (1)
    - RE: "Full Spectrum, Frequency-Modulated Optical Analog playback medium" - George Mann 07:23:12 05/14/08 (0)
Spun Some Vinyl Over the Weekend....... - Todd Krieger 20:45:33 05/12/08 (3)
- "It doesn't take much to outdo modern digital playback." Just much money! nt - clarkjohnsen 07:45:59 05/13/08 (2)
  - RE: "It doesn't take much to outdo modern digital playback." Just much money! nt - Todd Krieger 17:38:19 05/13/08 (1)
    - RE: "It doesn't take much to outdo modern digital playback." Just much money! nt - Peter H-son 01:38:42 05/16/08 (0)
Nice, but how are these albums recorded? - Donald North 14:14:47 05/12/08 (12)
- RE: Nice, but how are these albums recorded? - Ishmael 12:48:04 05/13/08 (0)
- RE: Nice, but how are these albums recorded? - Todd Krieger 20:49:03 05/12/08 (10)
  - RE: Nice, but how are these albums recorded? - Donald North 21:37:20 05/12/08 (9)
    - RE: Nice, but how are these albums recorded? - Todd Krieger 21:54:21 05/12/08 (8)
      - You can hear them, but vinyl can't :) - Slider 09:11:35 05/13/08 (0)
      - Doesn't the contamination get reflected back down to the audio signal? nt - clarkjohnsen 07:48:18 05/13/08 (4)
        
        Only If the Original A/D Conversion Is Poor....... - Todd Krieger 17:24:17 05/13/08 (3)
        
        What I meant was, the cross-correlation products. They're no longer in the RF domain. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:24:44 05/14/08 (2)
        
        RE: What I meant was, the cross-correlation products. They're no longer in the RF domain. nt - Todd Krieger 21:10:17 05/14/08 (1)
        
        RE: What I meant was, the cross-correlation products. They're no longer in the RF domain. nt - Donald North 23:52:09 05/14/08 (0)
      - RE: Nice, but how are these albums recorded? - Donald North 22:06:50 05/12/08 (1)
        
        RE: Nice, but how are these albums recorded? - Todd Krieger 17:17:57 05/13/08 (0)
Careful, you can't trust the Boston Herald. - Enophile 14:11:02 05/12/08 (0)
RE: I suspect the labels yearn for the good old days - Ralph 13:12:29 05/12/08 (9)
- Like I've been saying, if the industry had stuck with vinyl... - clarkjohnsen 15:24:09 05/12/08 (8)
  - But your saying it would again be wrong. - Edp 16:14:18 05/13/08 (5)
    - Dude, lighten up. Everyone else has taken my meaning. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:23:07 05/14/08 (4)
      - Dude, hopefully they haven't, wrong assessment is still wrong - Edp 10:50:34 05/14/08 (3)
        
        "Dude" is a proto-sneer, dude. A sneer at your manifest incivility. nt - clarkjohnsen 11:07:48 05/14/08 (2)
        
        A sneer at your constant sneer towards all who don't bow down to your ignorance and arrogance - Edp 07:30:23 05/15/08 (1)
        
        What a delightful addition to my day, your churlish messages always are. Do keep up the effort. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:01:37 05/15/08 (0)
  - Certainement, Monsieur, and if the armaments industry... - Neil49 19:03:59 05/12/08 (1)
    - What you got against bows and arrows, pal? nt - clarkjohnsen 07:44:45 05/13/08 (0)

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