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Not All iPods — Vinyl and Turntables Gain Sales

Posted by timothy on from the thirty-three-and-a-third dept.

Says the New York Times: "With the curious resurgence of vinyl, a parallel revival has emerged: The turntable, once thought to have taken up obsolescence with eight-track tape players, has been reborn."

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  1. A resurgence rather than rebirth by Gadget_Guy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I really don't think that a 1% market share can be counted as a rebirth. What did it get down to at the lowest point? 0.5%? I wonder how long 8 track tapes still sold after the compact cassette became popular.

    The format must be helped by the DJs who still use records. Having such a high profile usage of the format must have kept it in the minds of the buying public in a greater way than records, cassettes, reel to reel tapes, 78s, cylinders, and pianola rolls ever had.

    And there are some advantages to the format. With a proper pickup (not some cheap crap), the sound is wonderful. 16 bit audio was only ever a feeble approximation of original sound. Also, there is a physical sense to getting a record that CDs never quite had.

    But more importantly to the crowd here, record covers were the pre-Internet soft porn for kids. There were some damn fine covers (NSFW) back in the day!