[Trevor]

On 10/08/2018 5:35 PM, John Williamson wrote:
On 10/08/2018 08:12, Trevor wrote:
On 10/08/2018 2:39 AM, Mike Rivers wrote:

If everyone wanted the highest quality record player, there would be
no cheap record players, and cheap people wouldn't play records.
That's not good.

Why not? Less people ruining records on cheap turntables for no
logical reason would be a good thing IMO.

Because many people buying records to play on cheap turntables is what
pays for the recording and manufacture. The way the cheapskates then
often go on to buy the same recordings on CD or as an MP3 download, due
to their disappointment with the quality of vinyl playback, is also a
help towards the set up costs.

If only audiophiles bought vinyl, the market would be so small you'd be
paying five or six times the current price for an LP, assuming it was
actually financially worth making them in the first place.

Since I haven't bought any vinyl for 30 years, I'm hardly worried! :-)
The idea of someone paying 3 or 4 times the price of a CD to play it on
a crappy turntable does amuse me though. :-)