as someone who was in the music business at the time, i can tell you that the cassette player/recorder and the blank audio cassette industry was booming. the sales of lps in some major national accounts was less than 10% of their total prerecorded business. the prerecorded audio cassette had to go, because it was too cheap...there were too many defectives (which the labels had to eat), and was the 'pirating' format of choice. the lp was dying as a format long before cd arrived. 1975 marked the beginning of the end. thousands of lp catalogue titles where cut-out and dumped for pennies on the dollar(more than ever before). that trend continued up until the lp was nothing more than a one stop boutique item for audiophiles. the compact disc cost less to make than a cassette, and as you know, pretty much killed the blank tape industry as well as the cassette deck/recorder business. at the time, recording disc to disc wasn't an option, and the computer was something as big as a room..not a laptop...geez i'm old. still in the business today, and most of our vinyl pressings are less than 1000 units globally.
Most expensive Audio disapoinment?
Over the past decade, many different types of technology have come and gone.Some of the components made though quite expensive,they never lived up to consumer satisfaction.I guess I am wondering how many people jump to buy the first of all new technology only to later realize the price always drops after while.Example Pioneer AX10 $5or $7k new, now they are out dated,Door stops.
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