Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 01/04/08 10:37

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:53:17 -0500, "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com>
wrote:

>"Bill Vermillion" <bv@wjv.com> wrote in message
>news:Ju2nwn.r45@wjv.com
>
>
>> Actually LP sales have been going up for the past couple
>> of years.
>
>Actually, they've started heading down again, at least according to the
>RIAA:
>
>year sales (million units)
>1997 0.7
>1998 0.7
>1999 0.5
>2000 0.5
>2001 0.6
>2002 0.7
>2003 0.5
>2004 0.9
>2005 0.7
>2006 0.6
>
>preliminary report for 2007 says that LPs continue to decline.
>
>> And now you will see such things as USB conectible
>> turntables on sale at places diverse as Costco.
>
>Seems like they are being sold as tools for archiving old LPs to CD-R.
>
>> 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.
>
>Suggesting that LP sound quality was falling long before the CD came on the
>scene
>


Yes, and the Beatles' Love release is a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack.

Can't put that on any vinyl.

I can still remember the debacle that was 4 track pressings.

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