I don't think so. Much as I would like this to happen...
Tunrtables ARE moving -- but, THEN, TTs were part of the mass market, now they're more "lifestyle" or "specialist" products (i.e. a niche market). OK, there ARE LP's coming out now, all of a sudden! Remember, however, that while cutting LPs USED to be capital intensive, machinery became cheap when large corps (like DG) switched from vinyl to cd and smaller Cos could now have that machinery: the process shifted from capital intensive to labour intensive...
Cassettes were a mass product, and convenient -- later on, cd's came & they were MORE convenient (to use & sell). CD's alone are easier to store than LPs & cassettes. Plus decks have too many mechanical parts that are difficult to produce cost effectively. Plus mechanical devices can be maintained, if you have tape heads -- i.e. they can last forever marketing-wise. That's no way to make money! A cdp is cheap to produce and can be thrown out --i.e. it's expensive to repair vs the cost of a new one. A new one can now take the place of the old one -- hopefully a "multiplayer" that steers consumers into buying more and different new software.
Reel to reel were once the ONLY long-playing medium. But they're bulky, expensive, mechanical, and need a lot of accessories and maintenance. So who's going to mass-market these -- would anyone buy them (other than professionals -- i.e. NOT mass market)?? Unfortunately, these machines were, arguably, the best reproduction medium under certain circumstances (hence their use by professionals)...
And think of music: go back to cassettes??? Where's the constant "innovation" touted by the industry? Why would large corps go BACK to a medium that has already generated income... when you can keep your R&D people working on new things that your marketers will market and consumers will (hopefully) buy...
Isn't it better to come up with a NEW medium, that's allegedly innovative and "better" (more convenient, looks/sounds better, or whatever the USP the brand manager can think of) and make some extra money RERELEASING existing music/ films (i.e. no producer, mastering, etc, cost). And you put your marketing $ into creating a "new market": generating income with minimum cost.
Now THAT's something SE (as in NYSE) analysts like to see... and helps raise share price...
Contrast that with the image of, say, the CEO of Sony Corp announcing a return to magnetic tape. Huh???
I'm sounding like an old-timer full of nostalgia for things past:)
But a old copy of a master tape heard on a pristine Studer in my system sounded better than my TT. Oh well..
Tunrtables ARE moving -- but, THEN, TTs were part of the mass market, now they're more "lifestyle" or "specialist" products (i.e. a niche market). OK, there ARE LP's coming out now, all of a sudden! Remember, however, that while cutting LPs USED to be capital intensive, machinery became cheap when large corps (like DG) switched from vinyl to cd and smaller Cos could now have that machinery: the process shifted from capital intensive to labour intensive...
Cassettes were a mass product, and convenient -- later on, cd's came & they were MORE convenient (to use & sell). CD's alone are easier to store than LPs & cassettes. Plus decks have too many mechanical parts that are difficult to produce cost effectively. Plus mechanical devices can be maintained, if you have tape heads -- i.e. they can last forever marketing-wise. That's no way to make money! A cdp is cheap to produce and can be thrown out --i.e. it's expensive to repair vs the cost of a new one. A new one can now take the place of the old one -- hopefully a "multiplayer" that steers consumers into buying more and different new software.
Reel to reel were once the ONLY long-playing medium. But they're bulky, expensive, mechanical, and need a lot of accessories and maintenance. So who's going to mass-market these -- would anyone buy them (other than professionals -- i.e. NOT mass market)?? Unfortunately, these machines were, arguably, the best reproduction medium under certain circumstances (hence their use by professionals)...
And think of music: go back to cassettes??? Where's the constant "innovation" touted by the industry? Why would large corps go BACK to a medium that has already generated income... when you can keep your R&D people working on new things that your marketers will market and consumers will (hopefully) buy...
Isn't it better to come up with a NEW medium, that's allegedly innovative and "better" (more convenient, looks/sounds better, or whatever the USP the brand manager can think of) and make some extra money RERELEASING existing music/ films (i.e. no producer, mastering, etc, cost). And you put your marketing $ into creating a "new market": generating income with minimum cost.
Now THAT's something SE (as in NYSE) analysts like to see... and helps raise share price...
Contrast that with the image of, say, the CEO of Sony Corp announcing a return to magnetic tape. Huh???
I'm sounding like an old-timer full of nostalgia for things past:)
But a old copy of a master tape heard on a pristine Studer in my system sounded better than my TT. Oh well..