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In Reply to: RE: what meter? What niche? posted by Ralph on April 22, 2017 at 09:33:55
What E-stat is indicating that LP, despite it's decade and half-long resurgence, is still a tiny percent of the market. Then, surveys show that only half of LP buyers are not playing them. They're collecting them.
We need to see U.S. turntable sales over the past 10-15 years to know if there really was a comeback.
It could just be a Twin Cities/Seattle phenomenon. Vinyl wasn't 'pressed' that much in the 90s or 2000s and LPs don't last forever. So there was a demand for LP in DJ/underground music circles by 2008-10. Timed just right for a retro-movement in the U.S. (like pinball machines in Chicago, old brand names coming back, etc.) and LPs came back but are still very marginal.
What is interesting is that audiophiles went digital (for preferred sound) during the same period. Not everyone, as I found out, but it's no question the vast majority.
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