Analog / Vinyl audio in past 10 years?

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I used to follow this ng religiously in 1997, but stopped for ten
years due to other interests. I am curious if the status of vinyl/
analog has decreased or increased since 1997? There was a small
renaiscance in the late 1990's with several companys producing
remastered vinyl discs. Is this all dead or still alive?

[MiNe 109]

In article om>,
wrote:

> I used to follow this ng religiously in 1997, but stopped for ten
> years due to other interests. I am curious if the status of vinyl/
> analog has decreased or increased since 1997? There was a small
> renaiscance in the late 1990's with several companys producing
> remastered vinyl discs. Is this all dead or still alive?

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[Arny Krueger]

> wrote in message
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> I used to follow this ng religiously in 1997, but stopped
> for ten years due to other interests. I am curious if the
> status of vinyl/ analog has decreased or increased since
> 1997? There was a small renaiscance in the late 1990's
> with several companys producing remastered vinyl discs.
> Is this all dead or still alive?

Vinyl was pretty strong up until a few years ago, bouyed by an odd
combination of dance music DJs and sentimental audiophiles. Vinyl was
attractive to the DJs because it enabled scratching, a process that plays
LPs by means of hand movements instead of normal steady rotation and groove
tracking. Eventually, effective digital simulations of scratching became
popular, and the dance music market is now going away.

Vinyl media sales fell precipitously in the last half of 2006, and can be
expected to continue to drop.

[Jenn]

In article >,
"Arny Krueger" > wrote:

> > wrote in message
> ups.com
>
> > I used to follow this ng religiously in 1997, but stopped
> > for ten years due to other interests. I am curious if the
> > status of vinyl/ analog has decreased or increased since
> > 1997? There was a small renaiscance in the late 1990's
> > with several companys producing remastered vinyl discs.
> > Is this all dead or still alive?
>
> Vinyl was pretty strong up until a few years ago, bouyed by an odd
> combination of dance music DJs and sentimental audiophiles.

And people who really like how some of them sound.

> Vinyl was
> attractive to the DJs because it enabled scratching, a process that plays
> LPs by means of hand movements instead of normal steady rotation and groove
> tracking. Eventually, effective digital simulations of scratching became
> popular, and the dance music market is now going away.
>
> Vinyl media sales fell precipitously in the last half of 2006, and can be
> expected to continue to drop.

As did and as can CD sales.

[Bill Riel]

In article <jennconductsREMOVETHIS-A0D9B1.08054127042007
@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com>,
says...
> In article >,
> "Arny Krueger" > wrote:

[...]

> >
> > Vinyl media sales fell precipitously in the last half of 2006, and can be
> > expected to continue to drop.
>
> As did and as can CD sales.

Yeah, I think that sales of all forms of physical media are going to
continue to suffer.

There's no question that vinyl is a small niche, but at least locally
it's one that appears to be doing quite well. And I think vinyl will
survive as an audiophile niche product. I wouldn't be at all surprised
if vinyl outlives redbook CD!

--
Bill

[George M. Middius]

Bill Riel said:

> > As did and as can CD sales.

> Yeah, I think that sales of all forms of physical media are going to
> continue to suffer.

Krooger's kockeyed notion of his own self-worth is inextricably tied to
spouting off about the horrors of vinyl. Surely you don't suffer from
the same disease?





--

Krooscience: The antidote to education, experience, and excellence.

[Bill Riel]

In article >, George M.
Middius <cmndr _ george @ comcast . net> says...
>
>
> Bill Riel said:
>
> > > As did and as can CD sales.
>
> > Yeah, I think that sales of all forms of physical media are going to
> > continue to suffer.
>
> Krooger's kockeyed notion of his own self-worth is inextricably tied to
> spouting off about the horrors of vinyl. Surely you don't suffer from
> the same disease?

Heh, actually I *love* vinyl! Every time I have a work trip to a new
town I check out local record shops and almost always return with
something interesting.

I certainly buy CDs too, but most of those I get on-line. I'm fortunate
to have several record stores in my home town which seem to get new
vinyl inventory on a regular basis. Global sales aside, vinyl appears to
be thriving locally.

--
Bill

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> wrote in message
ups.com...
>I used to follow this ng religiously in 1997, but stopped for ten
> years due to other interests. I am curious if the status of vinyl/
> analog has decreased or increased since 1997? There was a small
> renaiscance in the late 1990's with several companys producing
> remastered vinyl discs. Is this all dead or still alive?
>

[eric]

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:49:25 -0400, Arny Krueger wrote:

> > wrote in message
> ups.com
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> Vinyl was pretty strong up until a few years ago, bouyed by an odd
> combination of dance music DJs and sentimental audiophiles. Vinyl was
> attractive to the DJs because it enabled scratching, a process that plays
> LPs by means of hand movements instead of normal steady rotation and groove
> tracking. Eventually, effective digital simulations of scratching became
> popular, and the dance music market is now going away.
>
> Vinyl media sales fell precipitously in the last half of 2006, and can be
> expected to continue to drop.

Unfortunately it is being replaced by something even worse,
lossy over-compressed mp3's played through cheap earbuds.