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In Reply to: RE: The vinyl folks will be getting all moist about this posted by Mike K on September 11, 2020 at 18:09:31
than to the glory of vinyl.That one can STILL spend nearly $10K on a silver disk spinner is almost as amazing as spending an equal sum on a phono 'cartridge'.
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Well some of us have a lot of legacy silver discs. I doubt if too many young people are buying any sort of CD spinner though.
Of course these sales figures are revenue not unit based. So as CDs are cheaper than LPs, CDs still outsell vinyl in units. The margin between the media has reduced and CD is now a shadow of its glorious past as you say.
The real story is, and has been for the past few years, the replacement of consumer owned music collections by streaming services. In that context vinyl really isn't doing all that well and remains of minority interest.
"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams
I'm sure LOTS of people have large CD collections which they will continue to enjoy, and these people will continue to need CD players as they are unwilling to embark on the arduous task of copying their collections to a "server" -- much less replace (repurchase) everything as downloads. The market may have shrunk, but will not go away for a while.
Despite the limitations of the medium, properly engineered CDs CAN sound quite good on a good player. Plus which, they don't degrade or wear out with repeated use.
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