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Posted by Scott Dorsey on 01/03/08 19:02
Arny Krueger <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote:
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>preliminary report for 2007 says that LPs continue to decline.
Definitely, yes. I'm not sure what the breakdown between audiophile
and dance records are, but it's important because there are two completely
different and unrelated LP markets with no real crossover between them.
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>> And now you will see such things as USB conectible
>> turntables on sale at places diverse as Costco.
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>Seems like they are being sold as tools for archiving old LPs to CD-R.
Yes, and the bad part about it is that they are such cheap junk, and so
many people are using them believing that this is the best they can get
out of LPs. We have a whole generation of kids now who think the Shure M44
is the best cartridge you can buy.
>> It's a niche market, but there is a market for vinyl out
>> there - and so many of the new LPs are pressed on heavy
>> vinyl - the kind that was used in the 1960s' before the
>> thin, lightweight, and easily warpable vinyl of the '70s
>> came in during the oil shortage of that era.
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>Suggesting that LP sound quality was falling long before the CD came on the
>scene
Yes, but when LP was a mass-market format, the average buyer didn't care
so much about sound quality as long as the discs didn't skip. The same
way the average CD buyer is today. Consequently, we all have to put up
with lousy sound on all formats....
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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