All Stocked Up and Nowhere To Play

Lots of ways to play

If this is true and I highly doubt it. This gen X obsessed with consumerism is driving up the prices for the rest of us. Stick with designer clothes. 😂 LOL

I'm very skeptical of the Luminate study. I have a hard time believing that 50% of record buyers don't have a turntable.

With the exception of mahler123's nephew, who thought that he could play the record he bought, has anyone here ever known of someone who bought records without owning a turntable? I'll even accept 2nd hand stories. So let's do our own poll. Does anyone have any firsthand knowledge that would indicate that this is true?

I think this piece of news probably falls under the category of "don't believe everything you read on the internet."

My local record store owner says it's typical of his Millenial/Gen Z buyers.

My 21 year old daughter bought a couple records by one of her favorite artists a couple years back. She has an inexpensive player and I have several. She keeps them as collectors items but has never played them. She streams these all the time though on Spotify.

A framed album makes a very cost effective piece of wall art. I do that all the time. I’ve owned records for 50+ years and still play them so I can convert them to digital and stream. Assuming it’s some thing I must be able to listen to and it’s not on Qobuz.