[ScottW]

On Feb 12, 10:52 am, "Arny Krueger" wrote:
"Sander deWaal" wrote in message

...

"Arny Krueger" said:
Most recent RIAA figures show that there has been a significant drop in
retail sales of all physical formats:
http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/...midYrStats.pdf
SACD down by 44.6%
DVD-A down by 35.1%
Vinyl down by 32.3%
CD was down by 14.3%
Note that the list of biggest losers was led by SACD, DVD-A and then
vinyl.
The traditional CD format, which amounted for about 99% of all sales,
outperformed the rest.
In your glee

Sue me for being in favor of logic and reason, and against empty claims.

to report the demise of "Hi-rez" and vinyl, you're
overlooking the fact that less music overall is sold.

Yeah, total sales of music overall are have *fallen* to the point where
"Total Digital And Physical" sales are *up* almost 30%.

Impossible to tell. Complete album sales are down.
Digital downloads of singles and ring tones are way up.

Do these mixed units equate to more music being sold?
Who can tell.

Bottom line the dollars are declining.


LOL!

Hint to anybody who wants to see Sander's latest lies laid bare - read the
numbers on the bottom line of the cited reference, looking hard for the
number 29.9.

Equating ring tones and singles to albums may work for you,
but it doesn't work for me.

ScottW