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


I well remember in the ‘80s when we were amazed and thrilled by CD.
Wow, no more pops and clicks and all the physical benefits.
Seems so many abandoned vinyl.
But now, with so much convenience, available content and high SQ seems even dedicated vinylholics have again abandoned vinyl and embraced digital. However, there is clearly a new resurgence in analog.
But I look at, for example, whitecamaro’s “List of amplifiers...” thread and no one seems interested in analog!
To me, it seems strange when auditioning “$100Kish gear, that vinyl doesn’t enter the picture or conversation.
mglik
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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.


I say real audiophiles understand the recording far more defines the outcome than the format.
You are right....But half right....

The recording technology are for more important than the format.... Yes...

But without acoustical right controls of your room , nothing sound the way it should... Then acoustical controls and recording technology complement each other and impact way more than the taste for a format....

My best to you....
I will never commit to one or the other. I just like music anyway I can get it. Yes on my main system there is one delivery that sounds better than the others but again I will never “limit” my choices. I have vinyl, cd, cassette, and stream quobuz alone with local radio stations. Is listening to vinyl an inconvenience? Some days more than others. It is nice to put on a station and just listen for hours without having to attend to it other than volume up or down. I also think some artist’s sound better on different media. For example I like soundgarden in my car and can’t listen to them on my reference system. in the end it is access to music anyway I can get it.