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In Reply to: vinyl outselling hi-res digital?!?! posted by troporobo on August 1, 2005 at 19:04:48:
that still will not stop the lowly 16 bit redbook cd from eventually killing off vinyl entirely. Now that both the hardware and the software masters are up to snuff, it's inevitable.Not heresy... just being realistic.
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As a mass market thing CD has already killed off vinyl, did it a long time ago, but as a niche market I think Vinyl is going to be around for quite some time and after the used Vinyl starts petering out, as in some area's stuff like Hendrix that's in good shape is seemingly rare nd $$$, not that long ago Hendrix and other really popular used Vinyl was ubiquitous, at any rate it would seem that would really help increase the sales of that Vinyl as re-releases
why spend $$$ on noisy marginal used copies ?Also I've noted an almost universal fascination with Vinyl with younger friends, too young to have been exposed as kids, not only for the sound but the Cover art and the fact that the gear and the user involvement aspect is very attractive.
I have a 32 yr. old Woman friend who has spend 2 or 3 entire evenings spinning Vinyl and going through my collection looking at the cover art, I don't ever see Vinyl completely dying out.
cover art in cd jewel boxes and I can't help but think that it's a real shame that there may be younger folk out there being exposed to Roger Dean, Hypgnosis, or HR Geiger, etc. cover art for the first time by the inferior cd reproductions!Vinyl is a total package, textural, visual and aural. CD's can never compete with that.
When you're going on 56,and as weathered (rode hard and put up ert too many timres)looking as I am I need all the help I can get ;-)
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despite rumors of it's demise being greatly exaggerated.
-Bill
Hey, I tried both new formats. Not bad, but not such an improvement over a well made CD. And, IMHO, still not quite up to vinyl. There are many factors with vinyl that do not apply to digital...and it's not just the sound. When I tell co-workers that I collect vinyl and vinyl playback equipment (all over 30)they all take a trip down memory lane and have a story about lying around listening to records all day, reading the liner notes and looking at the pics in a double album from their youth. I have NEVER heard a story close to that about CD's or SACD/DVD-A's for that matter.
-its demise that is. If Musikmike keeps buying at the current rate, he will corner the market. That will effectively shut down vinyl. It's like when the Hunts bought up all the silver - wait a minute. ;)
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