What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital?

@surfmuz my nephew also asked me to help him with his first analog rig, he tried to scratch my records since he was born :))


Now he’s got a Micro Seiki DD with Empire MI cartridge from me, he ordered Trends TA-1 (tripath amp) next step is phono stage,  and then a pair of high efficient speakers like small vintage Tannoy.

Vinyl is definitely very cool and this is most important when you are young.

I listen almost exclusively to vinyl. Maybe a couple times per year I listen to CDs. I also have cassettes. 

Digital is an awful format. The background is quiet, yes. But the audio portion is just abysmal.

millercarbon8,794 posts04-18-2021 8:17pmThis took a lot of research. Cross-referenced and weighted by country, with statistical certainty of six-sigma, the answer is, zero. Zero percent listen exclusively to vinyl.

So now you know. Next?

MC
You can not be equivocal about zero.
One lone fanatic out of an infinite sample size IS NOT absolute zero %.

fuzztone,
You can not be equivocal about zero.One lone person hearing digital is NOT absolutely exclusively listening to vinyl.  

The whole point of the joke is the way the question is worded it can only be anwsered one way: zero.  

I should have stated this thread as “percentage that prefer vinyl vs digital” but most got my drift. Truth be told, I really totally listen to vinyl. When I spin my 1 CD a day in my office headphone system I am half listening while working.
So, I actually really listen exclusively to vinyl.
And Jay of “My list of amplifiers... “ clearly exclusively listens to digital. He seemingly does not own or want a TT. And most participants in that thread are seemingly like.
There is a cool factor in the younger set choosing vinyl but most, or all, also hear the sonic benefits. I did business with a successful record store in Santa Cruz, CA and know this for a fact. The majority of the customers in this college town were young.

So, what we have is an argument over what color is best in an unknown décor. Seems sort of silly doesn't it?

It is silly, but you still have people arguing unequivocally that their color is best, not even knowing the decor (music). I listen to both. I say real audiophiles understand the recording far more defines the outcome than the format.