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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
pacha
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I listen exclusively to analog, Vinyl or R2R only. I turn 75 later this year and although I dabbled a bit in digital when it first arrived I never left my analog world. Some of this might be due to the fact I deal with 1400 computers, 2000 Chromebooks and 5 servers all day long and when I get home a nice single malt and some analog is the way I go!
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chakster
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LOL :) Right on! 
vinylnut63
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 I listen to all LP & CD, SACD, DVD & Blu Ray. I have no streaming equipment and will not invest in any. To old and not enough $$$.  I love vinyl, I'm building a collection of Blue Note Tone Poet Series. If I want to listen to any of the LP's, I'll buy 2 LP's or I'll buy the CD to listen to it.
   Just my way, crazy or not    Ron
sokogear
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Hey @millercarbon - you're wrong. In my home, I have only one source plugged in. Turntable. Car & garage -  CD. Unplugged the Nakamichi CD player about 15 years ago when vinyl started back up again. Never tried SACDs, but I've heard they are quite good. Also heard streaming and HiRez DLS compress files and don't sound as good as SACD, but I've never heard either on my stereo. I think it is now tougher to get titles on SACD than vinyl.

+1 to Fagen-Morph the Cat @mwinkc - been looking for that on vinyl for less than $200 used. Forget about new. 2 fantastic songs and I hate to say, in all of his or the Dan's catalogue 2 of the only 3 songs I would ever skip over (other was WB's tune on Everything Must Go which is also not available on vinyl) - RIP Walter. I think Donald has had licensing issues and complains about constantly getting ripped off. I'm just glad I snagged one of the last copies of Sunken Condos. Regular pressing on undyed vinyl that sounds phenomenal. Plus, it's on 2 records (just 3 sides) so it doesn't go close to the very inner part of the record. They really need to reissue/master Royal Scam and Pretzel Logic and press Tow Against Nature, Kamakiriad and Everything Must Go. They'd probably sell out in an hour. 

I would guess if your OP asks about all people, the number is <5% if they have an indoor stereo setup for anything other than background music being piped in. For self described audiophiles it's probably higher, maybe 15-20%.
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coltrane1
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I hate this term “for convenience “. When I hear that all I hear is, you were too LAZY to clean and play a record. What’s your friggin hurry? Vinyl is and has always been superior to digital. Streaming? Fo’get about it! End of story!
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