Why Vinyl S Latest Boom Is Over

Why vinyl s boom is over as purists complain about low quality and high prices vinyl sales taper off.

Why vinyl s latest boom is over.

Why vinyl s boom is over posted by michael in americana music technology vintage as purists complain about low quality and high prices vinyl sales taper off. Per the new and improved wall street journal. New data tells us that. Old lps were cut from analog tapes that s why they sound so high quality.

Writing for the wall street journal neil shah reported in his article why vinyl s boom is over that. So i think the headline is premature and perhaps clickbait. Music why vinyl s boom is over as purists complain about low quality and high prices vinyl sales taper off. But the majority of today s new and re issued vinyl albums around 80 or more several experts estimate start from digital files even lower quality cds.

I finally buy a new album after last listening to vinyl albums in 1989 via flowers in the dirt. Old lps were cut from analog tapes that s why they sound so high quality. Digital music as source for vinyl. Pepper s that i m still waiting for.

I also question whether declining vinyl quality is a a reality and b a cause of the dip in sales. But the majority of today s new and re issued vinyl albums around 80 or more several experts estimate start from digital files even lower quality cds. Gillian welch and david rawlings cut their own records. But that said i don t know that a 5 dip in new vinyl sales for a single year is enough to declare that vinyl is again in decline.

And now you tell me the vinyl boom is over. S o world record store day is here once again. At the end of 2016 it was widely reported that vinyl album sales had surpassed digital downloads for the first time. There s lots of talk of a resurgence of vinyl records but industry sales numbers drastically understate the size of the market because they don t count used vinyl sales.

These digital files are often loud and harsh sounding optimized for ear buds not living rooms. And purchase on may 28th 2017 a 2014 mono vinyl sgt. And what a year it s been. Gillian welch and david rawlings cut their own records.