On Jul 29, 7:51=A0pm, Dick Pierce wrote:
Audio Empire wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:45:47 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):
[quoted text deleted -- deb]
Not only most but the vast majority of =A0people have long since forgot=
about
vinyl. The RIAA market share data makes that quite clear.
hundreds of manufacturers still make turntables,
Hundreds of turntable manufacturers? HUNDREDS?
Name 50 of them, 50 in business, in production, independent
manufacturers of turntables.
If I name fifty to I get a prize?
http://www.stereomojo.com/TurntableM...urersLinks.htm
Can we assume you mean high-fidelity, high quality playback
turntables, or are you including those intended for DJ
and similar uses?
I would be willing to bet that at any given time in last
50 years there were never HUNDREDS of turntable manufacturers
at any one time.
Now, this is entirely apart from any claims or couterclaims
about fidelity, desirability, personal satisfaction or
anyhting else.
I just find the claim of hundreds of turntable manufacturers
to be unjustifiably hyperbolic.
I suggest reading some of the back catalog of the old October issues
of Audio that listed all known equipment at the time of the issue.
Again, rumors of vinyl's demise is greatly exaggerated.
Not in question per se, but I would assert that the claim
of there being hundreds of turntable manufacturers to be,
well, greatly exaggerated, with all due respect.
It may well be but I would bet there are well over 100. My link was
hardly to a comprehensive list and it had well over fifty. granted a
few of those cited are not currently making turntables but just
servicing existing ones. But that would be just a few out of that
list. took me less than a minute to find that many.