Vinyl Fremer

MC
Talk about redundant.
This is for those wishing to learn.
Know it all need not apply

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.

Streaming Royalties is a Disaster for any body involved in producing the material to be distributed.
Song Writers,  Musicians, Singers, Bands, Orchestra's, etc, receive a pittance from Streaming Royalties.

There are Campaigns now being brought by Artists to High Light the situation in many Countries.

An example recently read in one of the reports belonging to the Campaigns, is by a Song Writer who received a £160/ $120 for a Song that received Multiple Millions of Streaming Downloads and You Tube Plays.
I am sure this Song Writer would much prefer the Royalty received on
10 000 Hard Media Sales.  

The Individuals producing the Music are now returning to using
Hard Media as their Merchandise, and Vinyl is becoming their go to Product.

There are reports of extremely successful Artists refusing to allow their New Released Material be used for Streaming until a 100 000 Hard Media Sales has been recorded.

When I become aware of this present marketing imbalance caused by how Streaming Revenues are Distributed between Copyright Holder and Streaming Services, I chose to purchase more Vinyl from Modern Artists to help with their becoming established and New Vinyl Material from more established Artists.

If Hard Media Sales are not supported, it will only be Live Performances that help with revenue remuneration for the Artists, and in a year like the one nearly passed, this is a no go to achieve the 200ish Performances required by a Upcoming Artist to produce a Living.  

There is a lot of info available on this Subject, and from my end I took the information on board and took a action as a support.