The Vinylizer
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:51:06 -0700, Dick Pierce wrote
(in article ):
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 people 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.
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.
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.
OK, I was using hyperbole, But I bet I can name 50 if I tried real hard and
did the research. And yes, I'm talking about "High Fidelity" not cheap DJ
style tables. Just off the top of my head:
Thorens
J.A. Michelle
S.M.E.
Well Tempered
Roksan
Linn
VPI
Rega
ClearAudio
Music Hall
Avid
Oracle
Pro-Ject
SOTA
Origin Live
IsoKinetik
Marantz
E.A.T. Forte
Pink Triangle
Denon
Walker
Kuzma Stabi
Voyd
Ariston
Systemdek
Wilson Benesch
Just off the top of my head, I've come up with 26, doing no research. And I
know of about 4 German tables, several Swiss tables, at least as many Italian
tables and god knows how many Chinese tables that I either don't know the
names of, or have forgotten their names. At any rate, there are a healthy
enough number of companies making tables to insure vinyl's future for a while
- naysayers notwithstanding.
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