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RE: From WSJ: Neil Young CD=$10, LP=$42

Hmm... I'm not much of one for anecdotal evidence, but here goes. My son goes off to college this summer. When I left for school 37 years ago, it was a big deal deciding who would bring the stereo, and how I would get my albums there (at the time, all 200 of 'em). He's going with a laptop, an iPod, and a good set of headphones. The idea of loading up a turntable, amp, speakers, and boxes of records would strike him as more than absurd, and I would venture to say that there won't be a single member of his class who'd disagree - in fact, I'll reckon that very few of them will even bring CDs. (Peter IV has a stack of discs in his room, and the only time he ever pulls them out is when he wants to rip one into the computer - and he has a nice Scott integrated, a universal disc player, and a pair of classic Advents).

His generation is making the choices that will inform their music consumption for the rest of their lives, and physical media is not part of it. We grew up on vinyl, and we are keeping it alive. But we're getting older, and as people get older, they tend to simplify their lives and shed material things. Then they die.


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