Vinyl Fremer

this year vinyl sales have outpaced CD sales in the US for the first time since the 1980s.

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

What has contributed to the industry’s resiliency in 2020

Uh, seriously? Its called sound quality!

and how does the future look as we head into 2021?

Bright. Brighter than for a whole lot of other things, that's for sure.
Sorry. Sorry. Pretend I said "spoiler alert" up front.

MC
Talk about redundant.
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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.

audio2design

Of course it has nothing to do with those who listen to digital ...

Of course! Fremer is all about analog and LP. It's just silly to expect anything else. It's just as no one would be likely to seek cable advice from you.

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.