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50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by nkrisc »

HPsquared wrote: post #28
colechristensen wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.” Sometimes I wonder how much INTENTIONAL engineering people's discontent for good or ill happens across the spectrum of human activity. One thing is for sure, people don't talk about it much. I can think of many examples.

Nobody would work if housing and food were super cheap, for instance.

There’s an equilibrium. If no one worked, housing and food would not be super cheap.

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by ResisBey »

thechao wrote: post #20

My dad grew up in the 50s & 60s. During COVID he purchased my daughters' the, I quote, "shittiest briefcase record players" he could find. Both girls listen to their music on their devices, but also buy vinyl. The other day, my eldest came down from her room complaining that her vinyl "sounded awful". I told her to bring it up with their Grampy. His response: "you can't appreciate good playback until you've heard awf…

This! If you just care sound quality it becomes "product", no more an experience where you feel it. You tell me your story with your dad, all started by he buying his children "shittiest briefcase record players". An elderly woman gifted me a Brockhaus encyclopedia, making me see the stark contrast between Google's billion-dollar presence and the noiseless authority of the printed word.

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by kingkawn »

HPsquared wrote: post #28
colechristensen wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.” Sometimes I wonder how much INTENTIONAL engineering people's discontent for good or ill happens across the spectrum of human activity. One thing is for sure, people don't talk about it much. I can think of many examples.

Nobody would work if housing and food were super cheap, for instance.

Or people would do things they were genuinely interested in rather than from desperation

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by bob1029 »

thechao wrote: post #20

My dad grew up in the 50s & 60s. During COVID he purchased my daughters' the, I quote, "shittiest briefcase record players" he could find. Both girls listen to their music on their devices, but also buy vinyl. The other day, my eldest came down from her room complaining that her vinyl "sounded awful". I told her to bring it up with their Grampy. His response: "you can't appreciate good playback until you've heard awf…

480i content, CRTs, analog signal chains, non-digital transports, film grain, et. al., provide opportunity for our imagination to step in and produce a better interpolation than the ground truth might otherwise provide.

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by trelane »

mattsolle wrote: post #26

I was in this demographic for a log time. I wanted to support small artists in ways past just going to their shows. This seemed like a nice way to do that (not a big shirt guy for bands). It also helps that you are not only getting music but a large(ish) art piece as well with the vinyl covers. It also feels good to physically have and own something. I recently bought a Portable CD player as well. I think a lot of th…

Welcome to CD ownership! You should rip the music to a lossless format (e.g. FLAC) so you can play those and keep the CD from getting scratched.

This will also so let you listen to it on computers (including cell phones). You can also transcode the music to e.g. MP3 to allow easier storage.

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by I-M-S »

HPsquared wrote: post #28
colechristensen wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.” Sometimes I wonder how much INTENTIONAL engineering people's discontent for good or ill happens across the spectrum of human activity. One thing is for sure, people don't talk about it much. I can think of many examples.

Nobody would work if housing and food were super cheap, for instance.

Saving the economy by turning water into a luxury item. The op-eds basically write themselves.

Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by [deleted] »

al_borland wrote: post #7
frankzander wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tbh I would like to have a donation button on a artist website so I can donate and than download the album I like where I like.

Wouldn’t the artist offering you to buy the album from them, DRM free, accomplish the same thing while clarifying the transaction that’s happening?

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Re: 50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player

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Post by Aurornis »

jprokay13 wrote: post #17
toomuchtodo wrote: post #3

I am one of these people. I buy to support the artist (usually $40-$50 for an album), but listen to the digital versions via Jellyfin and Plex (to avoid Spotify). I’ll also donate directly to artists, or buy tickets to their shows even if I cannot attend. Great analysis.

I’m in a similar boat. Many artists I listen to on Bandcamp offer cassettes(!) at a fair price and will charge a comparable price for the digital. However, I’ve seen some artists charge thousands for digital only but $10 for a tape that includes the digital version. I don’t know why they do this, but I do know I have an ever growing stack of tapes I can’t listen to…

> However, I’ve seen some artists charge thousands for digital

What? Do you have an example?

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