Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing?


I never gave up on vinyl. October 1988, I bought my LP12. We were being told CDs were perfect sound forever. People were dumping their vinyl. Thankfully, I cleaned the best that I could find. Now, TTs at all price points are coming on the market. Is the the vinyl revival real and where will we end up?

nkonor

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Happy to read that the Pacific Northwest is still a great area for vinyl. I lived in Juneau, AK (1989-1993) I am told, there was a record shop that specialized in Audiophile Vinyl in Juneau. I believe it. I cleaned up All the MoFi (JVC) vinyl that I could afford, UHQRs, Nautilus, CBS Master sound, Japanese, that I could find. Put a flyer on poster boards around town and got to pillage private collections, Two (2) Record Fairs at the Mall in two different years and (2) used record dealers in town. Juneau is a transient town. People come with everything when they move there. They leave a lot behind. ( Greatest 
A lot of good thoughts posted. I think vinyl will never become main stream again. The vinyl revival will be short lived.Guys like me, picked the used record  stores, garage sales, record fairs, private collections,years ago. I am surprised that used sale prices have skyrocketed as per reports on this thread. Reissues are: some good, most just OK.

Young people are still the same. Few will be serious, Most will lose interest and fall away. Taking care of records takes added time and costs. Not acceptable in the world of today. Rare that they have the room for a stereo system while they share an apartment with 1-3 others.

 Vinyl is almost antique now. The thirty somethings that will stay serious need to wait for guys like me to pass and hope They will get a chance at my collection and that my wife will sell at reasonable prices. Good Luck with that !  I am starting to look at ebay, discogs and probably visit some record stores and start putting price labels on the plastic outer protection sleeves.

I only buy 3-6 records a year now. 3000 plus records in MINT condition.If you seek original pressings. Specialty collections. Rare and great audiophile pressings. My wife will be the one that they will want to find.

My 93 year old neighbor just donated his 9,000 to 10,000 Jazz collection to the local Jazz Museum. I knew of the collection and was waiting for the Estate Sale weekend. Two days before the sale, I saw 2 guys loading box after box of records into a truck. My heart sank.

Vinyl is still alive but Analog Recording is gone. Soon our generation will pass too. It is,What it is. Enjoy what you have.