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In Reply to: RE: Vinyl Outsells CDs again posted by kentaja on March 27, 2024 at 07:09:13
"I don't have a single friend under 40 that doesn't own a turntable audiophile or not."
My daughter is 20. She doesn't own a turntable, nor do any of her many, many friends. While she recognizes that LPs are the gold standard for sonic quality, it's simply too low on her list of priorities. Also, when I've asked, most of her friends couldn't care less. They clearly feel this is "old person" stuff, and that the convenience of streaming singles outweighs all the other factors.
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Just walked across the street to get some wine from my neighborhood specialty shop. I was wearing my QRP hoody. The 20 something owner is a huge record fanatic. And there were a couple of other 20 somethings in the store that wanted to talk to me about records. The wise old sage!
I get the same at the neighborhood coffee shop every time I wear my QRP hoody. A couple 20 somethings want to talk vinyl.
I do live in the urban core which is mostly a younger, hipster, affluent crowd but still.
The attached link shows the age demographics of record buyers. It clearly skews towards the younger generations. Boomers are not driving the growth how could they their numbers are decreasing daily. This is why vinyl sales continue to grow and will do so for the foreseeable future. Younger people love records.
The younger generation cracks my up on this subject. No I'm not 'in' to vinyl. I have 5,000+ records because when I was their age that was all we had. And now I pretty much don't care. I will always have a turntable but it's rarely used I prefer streaming. The CD player, collection disappeared a long time ago.
As I previously stated this is why men like Chad Kassem, etc. have invested millions in record production. They know their business their consumer. And it isn't the boomers.
That is certainly another legitimate perspective. But she is still quite young. That may change over time. And girls are a little different they aren't into the toys quite like boys. Never have been. I'm guessing she probably doesn't care about cars, etc. quite like the boys. Of course that is changing as well that generation of boys or girls don't quite glorify cars like we did.
Tay-Tay released her last album on vinyl about 500K as I recall. I doubt there were many boys buying that record!
Yes vinyl is a 'blip' if you will all physical media is declining in sales. But vinyl continues to grow. It's the CD that is basically dead. I don't know anyone under 40 that owns any of those.
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