the Ipod as high end
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:29:23 -0700, bob wrote
(in article ):
On Nov 3, 12:09=A0pm, Jenn wrote:
In article , bob
wrote:
Let's not oversell this. The moment vinyl faced serious competition it
started losing market share.
(Devil's advocate mode on...) =A0The same can be said about CDs.
Of course, and no one would describe the CD market today as
"flourishing." But it's still 50 times the size of the LP market, so
describing the latter that way seems a stretch.
I'd guess there are three main types of consumers interested in vinyl:
1. DJ/turntablists
2. The audiophile "vinyl sounds better" crowd (probably the smallest
of the three)
Since Hi-end turntables and arms and cartridges make-up the largest sector of
the turntable market, I'd hazard a guess that you are wrong about this. But
even so, it seems to me that you've left out a sector - those with large
record collections.
3. The retro hipster kids
#1 is partially shifting to digital. #2 will always be with us. #3 is
a fad, and fads don't last forever. So my guess is that vinyl will
plateau at some point, but not disappear.
That's a reasonable assumption.
CDs are losing out to lossy mp3s.
So is vinyl.
Then why would the vinyl market be growing?
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