Vinyl Fremer

Of course it has nothing to do with those who listen to digital not being stuck in the past and the vast majority moving into streaming.

In other news, shockingly, DVD sales are down too.


In other shocking news, horse drawn buggy sales vastly exceeded steam powered car sales in 2019.

Vinyl sales growth rate has outpaced CD since the 90's. Now total sales are greater too. Bound to happen

When you start at virtually 0 in 2003 .... do the math.

Wrong, I would always suggest the lowest inductance for your speaker cables assuming you don't have amp oscillation problems, and don't be skimpy on wire gauge, it is not that expensive. I would not suggest overly exotic materials.


I would suggest good shielding on interconnects.

I would suggest a good connection between chassis grounds is far more important than expensive power cables. I won't even mention the 100's of yards of wire or more from the transformer to the equipment, but I may mention the 10's of feet or more that is in the transformer.


I would suggest good shielding on interconnects.

I would say pay close attention to capacitance on turntable cables.

I would suggest balanced interconnects, but cautiously, as there is no guarantee the hardware has been done right.  Well done balanced interconnection can fix other perceived cable ills.

I won't fault someone for using cables as "tone controls" just know it is very limited what can be done, either reducing bass a bit or treble a bit, a small bit.

It can't be said that every single qualified electrical engineer and physicist with a related specialization has "bad ears". So why does every engineer and/or physicist who actually understand cables / conduction not advocate for expensive cables. They can't all have bad ears?  You can't claim that none of them have heard expensive cables or that none of them have expensive systems.  Knowledge is an excellent innoculation against the power of suggestion.

cleeds,

I find less "moral" issue with records as it would be rare for someone to take a copy of a record and resell it, though lets be honest, that is often the case with CDs, and yes, it is actually illegal to take a copy of the CD and then sell the CD if you don't destroy the copy you made. That is morally and legally theft on the part of the person making the sale or even donating the disk, as that is now illegal copying and distribution.

If you think people being compensated for their work product is "righteous", then ....

@pindac,

The problem I find with the current revenue model is that the most popular artists are making more money than ever, but it is very difficult for less popular artists to make a living short of being on the road full time ... though it is a job, so I am not sure how much sympathy I should have. Most of us work a full year.

I don't think the issue is streaming though,  I think the issue is still intellectual property theft, and that includes USED CDs and USED VINYL.

Music is not a necessity, it is a luxury item. If an artist does not want to have their music streamed, legally or more importantly illegally, that should be 100% their choice, and if they want to charge $500 for a CD, that is their choice, just like charging $25,000 for a cable. No one is forced to buy it, and at least for the CD, you know exactly what you are getting.

So, I don't think it is streaming that is killing the small artist, it is people's general willingness and lack of moral consciousness and compass that allows them to steal someone else's work, without a second thought.