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In Reply to: SACD + DVD-A vs. Vinyl posted by Greg S. on July 15, 2003 at 21:08:19:
I believe the stats reflect sales of NEW vinyl, not the used or Near Mint LPs sold on Ebay, Record stores, Goodwills, Salvation Armys and scads of other thrift stores. In the last month I've purchsed over 300 LPs in perfect condition from such places. This is not about nostalgia (the reason I thought others wee into vinyl). It's about the music first and then the qulity. A local music retailer has purchase over 10,000 LPs from local collections in the last month. He can't keep up with demand. He tells me KIDS are buying LPs by the scorebeacuse the like the good music they can buy cheap. My average purchase price is about $1 for glorious sounding LPs with an almost unlimited supply of great music just waiting out there. I have a DVD-A player and a Sony ES SACD player. I even really like the MCH experience, so I'm no "purist". How many Hi-Rez discs have I bought in the last month? Zero. Many LPS sound as good as, if not better than, many of my Hi_rez discs. Trust me, i was a huge skeptic until a few months ago when i heard a Linn table at a local dealer. I was awe-struck. I'm just tired of high prices and low availabilty of Hi_rez titles. You go to a store and HOPE they might have the one or two SACD titles you want, most of the time leaving frustrated. On the other hand, you walk into a record store and you have the choice of thousands of titles.For $1 or much LESS, I can easily try and buy music I would never consider otherwise. I've discovered SO much great music I previously had never heard of or wanted to try. It's like being a kid in a candy store. They will even PLAY the album for you IN THE STORE! What a concept! And i can even RETURN LPs to the stores! Try that with the metal discs. Good vinyl is FAR superior to CD IMHO- I've purchased many vinyl titles I have on CD to prove it to myself and others.
Searching for LPs, going home to listen to what you got is just plain fun. If it sucks, so what? I have a freedom and sense of control over what *I* want instead of hoping against hope some company will release one or two titles I might marginally appreciate. And oh yes, if i happen to find a rare recording in the dusty bins and sell it on Ebay for $250, that sucks too, huh?
Anyway, that's my experience. I realize others might not share my newfound excitement over MUSIC - that's what it's really about for me.
No anxiety, just the fun of exploring new stuff and hearing stuff on beloved recordings I've never heard before. The old expression "If you haven't heard (fill in the blank)on vinyl, you haven't heard it!" is actually true - to my ongoing and utter amazement. Sixs months ago if you told me I'd be rifling through bins at the Goodwill store, I would have laughed at you. Now I'm just grinning in my listening room!
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Follow Ups
- Vinyl has sold MUCH more... (very long) - jdarby 07/16/0308:28:58 07/16/03 (2)
- I wish you wouldn't say things like this... - Pacman 15:02:12 07/16/03 (0)
- I mirror your comments - Brad V 12:12:52 07/16/03 (0)
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