Why Is Vinyl So Expensive Now

Niche markets attract higher prices due to their very nature.

Why is vinyl so expensive now.

It s inflation man february 15 2018 8 98 frontline lp price in. So my vinyl purchasing has gone down from 10 month to almost zero month over the last 2 years due to the drastic price increases. Expensive records used to be about real scarcity. For instance 78s in the 30 s sold for a dollar.

Perhaps they actually believe they sound better. But my understanding is that overall costs have not increased. Before cd s used vinyl was literally the only way to hear some stuff so it went for a premium. And sure the canadian conversion on the dollar hurts.

Why is new vinyl now so expensive regardless of the undoubted resurgence of vinyl in the past 5 or so years it s still very much a niche market. Perhaps the sound is irrelevant. But if plans hold they ll add two to six more presses starting at the. 4 years of struggling with vinyl has left a bad taste in my mouth.

They would operate 24 hours a day if vinyl press operators a dying breed until just recently weren t so hard to find. I remember even seeing a market for jackets only being valuable enough for resale. Firstly due to rampant piracy for the last 20 years from cd burners and downloading the cost of cds has not risen in line. Making vinyl is expensive theres no question durlak says.

Listening to cd s again and its pleasurable unlike being pissed at records all the time. I think that there are a couple of reasons why vinyl is so expensive today. For one it is because americans have gotten used to cheap music. Vinyl records cost so much because idiot hipsters think they are a trendy must have front end to their music system.

Not to mention overpriced.