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
Hi Chakster, is there a deeper relationship between the lifespan of SPU's and the 'vinyl revival'? Inquiring minds want to know.... ;-)

I've also read/heard that many of the younger people buying vinyl, rarely actually listen to records, and often don't even own a turntable...like buying a book collection to fill the bookcase...
Most of my friends sold their vinyl when compact discs became fashionable. 

I wouldn’t, or perhaps couldn’t. Not sure even now. 

Going strong at 8,000+. 
Hm...What advertising will do to the young and impressionable! All this vinyl rage is the latest fad and advertising scam. After growing up with earbuds and mp3 files, anything would have to be an improvement. Can you remember about 1980 when CD's were first introduced? We were all astatic about the new medium that promised nothing but perfect sound. No more click, pops, limited dynamic range, stylus jumping out of the groove on loud passages.OH JOY! OH RAPTURE! It was a dream come true for us audiophiles.

There were only three major events in the history of recorded music. The original acoustic horn method on cylinders 1880's, later followed by electrical recorded records 1925 and the next audio improvement digital recording approximately 1978. 

Arguably, many early digital CD releases leaved something to be desired but as the technology grew, many magnificent sonic recordings became available. Those made by Telarc continued to sound a step ahead of the major labels. Had the other followed in the same steps and used the Telarc digital recording setup, there would be no need for SCAD, DSD, DVD Audio and Blu-ray audio disc. None of those techniques every got up off the ground because most audiophiles couldn't notice much if any improvement over the original compact disc. And here again we have the usual advertising BS telling us these new methods and extra bits are going to give us the ultimate audio heaven listening experience. So, what did you here, that's what I heard!

Us older folk know better and the young and uninitiated will have to live and learn. Vinyl will continue to click, pop, jump, etc. Vinyl sales have dropped this year and most likely will contiue do so in favor of a more technically superior medium.


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.