FID (Film is Dead)
P. J. Alling
webster26 at mindspring.com
Tue Aug 7 10:12:27 EDT 2007
Not just nostalgia, the special Master recordings available on Vinyl are
the best sound available bar none, given a half competent turntable and
amplifier. No CD I ever listened to could match them, and my ear isn't
the best. That said I'm sure that some people just buy on rumor.
Toralf Lund wrote:
>> You're not on point though Dave (IMO). I cannot go and buy a new vinyl
>> record of any CD I want, can I?
>>
> Obviously, you can't, but I wouldn't be surprised if you get a higher
> percentage on vinyl today than you did, say, 10 years ago.
>
> Just after CDs got popular. vinyl was just plain obsolete. Now it's
> matured into something to be nostalgic about.
>
>
>> Turntables never did stop selling totally.
>>
>>
> Again, I seem to remember they were very,very hard to find some years
> ago. While they seem readily available now.
>
> Never underestimate the power of nostalgia.
>
> - T
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