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CDs Have Another Thing To Fear: Vinyl?
from the life-is-analog dept
There has been no doubt that CD sales have been declining due to the growth of digital music. Well, CDs are now being flanked by an old format: vinyl. Although vinyl LPs have always enjoyed a niche popularity with dance djs and indie rock fanatics, large mass-market retailers like Fred Meyer are starting to stock vinyl versions of albums in response to broad increasing consumer demand for the "obsolete" format. Though vinyl enthusiasts claim that the analog sound from records is of higher quality than that of their digital counterparts, audiophiles are not necessarily the ones leading this resurgence in vinyl demand. Consumers like the larger format's liner notes and the nostalgic experience of owning and playing a vinyl LP -- both things that cannot be replicated with the digital version of a song. Unlike the declining sales of CDs, Vinyl LP sales are expected to grow 60% this year over last year. However, the actual volume of vinyl sold (1 million albums sold versus 450 million for CDs) is very low, so clearly the resurgence is not an indication of a shift in consumer's primary demand. That said, as more consumers are exposed to the music, the market for related non-digital goods will grow, and the increasing demand for vinyl albums is yet another indication of this trend.
Taken from the TechDirt blog -- http://techdirt.com/articles/20080610/1706251370.shtml
from the life-is-analog dept
There has been no doubt that CD sales have been declining due to the growth of digital music. Well, CDs are now being flanked by an old format: vinyl. Although vinyl LPs have always enjoyed a niche popularity with dance djs and indie rock fanatics, large mass-market retailers like Fred Meyer are starting to stock vinyl versions of albums in response to broad increasing consumer demand for the "obsolete" format. Though vinyl enthusiasts claim that the analog sound from records is of higher quality than that of their digital counterparts, audiophiles are not necessarily the ones leading this resurgence in vinyl demand. Consumers like the larger format's liner notes and the nostalgic experience of owning and playing a vinyl LP -- both things that cannot be replicated with the digital version of a song. Unlike the declining sales of CDs, Vinyl LP sales are expected to grow 60% this year over last year. However, the actual volume of vinyl sold (1 million albums sold versus 450 million for CDs) is very low, so clearly the resurgence is not an indication of a shift in consumer's primary demand. That said, as more consumers are exposed to the music, the market for related non-digital goods will grow, and the increasing demand for vinyl albums is yet another indication of this trend.
Taken from the TechDirt blog -- http://techdirt.com/articles/20080610/1706251370.shtml
Posté Wed 11 Jun 08 @ 10:57 am
VanStino
All of this analog-digital talk is complete and utter nonsense. The sound created to fit on a CD is also pressed on vinyl, BUT in studios this is all made digitally. Maybe the end product is analog, but the vinyl still contains digitally created sound.
But on a sidenote: i still enjoy the feel of vinyl and still use (timecode) vinyl. :)
But on a sidenote: i still enjoy the feel of vinyl and still use (timecode) vinyl. :)
Posté Wed 11 Jun 08 @ 1:26 pm
jimmy b
Fad's will come and go.
Vinyl will allways be here.
Posté Wed 11 Jun 08 @ 1:36 pm
discjockeydoc
I think you're right, Jimmy :)
Posté Wed 11 Jun 08 @ 1:39 pm
jimmy b
How long has CD's been out about 25 years, maybe and the sales are dropping.
Vinyl Records been around in one form or another for at least 100 years or more.
Posté Wed 11 Jun 08 @ 1:46 pm
Rune (DJ-In-Norway)
as long as there are DJs, vinyls will never die...
One can talk to face turns blue about controller, digital vinyl replacements, and so on....
But saying that you dont really know the CORE of the dj movement, its history... vinyl will stay, and no surprise, now boost ... and most likely a new golden era to come
Why? Blame partly dj software, blame party controllers... Never been more hunger for "keepin it real", and thats what timecode and vinyls do :)
One can talk to face turns blue about controller, digital vinyl replacements, and so on....
But saying that you dont really know the CORE of the dj movement, its history... vinyl will stay, and no surprise, now boost ... and most likely a new golden era to come
Why? Blame partly dj software, blame party controllers... Never been more hunger for "keepin it real", and thats what timecode and vinyls do :)
Posté Wed 11 Jun 08 @ 2:26 pm
jimmy b
Here, Here.
Posté Wed 11 Jun 08 @ 2:28 pm