Well the writing's on the wall when people like Tristan aka Phonopsia of this parish, say they're buying hardly any vinyl nowadays and mostly buying digital. This from someone whom, if you know him as well as I do, was surely amongst the biggest consumers of vinyl records in the UK for several years. That is not an exaggeration.
To keep with the Phonopsia example though, and as you point out Martin, many people still love it: for sentimental reasons, or for reasons of the subjective audio character of vinyl [however misguided that is - I'm not making a judgement either way here, mind.] There still seems to be some life left, albeit it's niche and probably doomed to complete extinction in the much longer term. Ken -----Original Message----- From: Martin Dust [mailto:mar...@dustscience.com] Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 3:29 PM To: David Smith Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) mysticism in electronic music (and where has it gone) > > The days of digging crates for vinyl with nsc etchings are passed. I wouldn't be so sure about that, I can see labels/distributors doing small runs and still keeping the quality release up. I know a lot of people think vinyl is a pain in the jack adams but I still love the process dearly. m
