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Vinyl playback is still a secret

Over the last two years I have encountered many baby boomers with vinyl collections who did not know that vinyl was alive and well. Most could not believe that one could buy a new cartridge or replace a TT. What has struck me most is how none of these people would sell me their collection of LPs. Their records represent too many precious memories(even when records have not been played for 20 years).

My point is that mainstream consumers need to become more aware of the revitalization of analog. Articles and advertisements for analog products and accessories must be more apparent through the popular press. Sterophile, Absolute Sound, HiFi News et al. as well as websites such as Audiogon essentially reach the true believers and not the population at large.

Somehow, the popular press barrier must be breached if analog is to become truly vibrant and "cool" again.
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steam3642
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Hi There
Here is another reason for vinyl,many of the cds available are remastered from 20- 30 year old master tapes ie: reissue from 2000 onwards and due to ageing tapes the high resolution shows up the faults quite badly, having copies of lps that are rarly played sound supierior, dont get me wrong i have 100s of cds but as an example my zepplin 1 lp of 18 years still sounds better than the cd version. hey i even recorded the lp onto minidisc and its better than the cd ,how strange.
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