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RE: I agree that nostalgia is a good thing but

Posted by Analog Scott on January 12, 2017 at 21:07:40:
"these technologies are functionally obsolete. How could this be happening? Why would someone pay $20 or more for a secondhand copy of Bill Withers' "+Justments" on a scratchy plastic disc that plays only on a costly, troublesome turntable, when she could stream the same album in digital clarity on Spotify'

That's a lot more than "scratchy." It is a gross misrepresentation of the relative merits of the sound quality of vinyl.

So...maybe it isn't us who are having trouble understanding it or misinterpretating it.