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According to the article, only 50% of vinyl buyers actually own a turntable. People are buying music they have no intention of listening to yet the prices keep
by mnd999 4y ago
According to the article, only 50% of vinyl buyers actually own a turntable. People are buying music they have no intention of listening to yet the prices keep on rising.
This is starting to look like a bubble - people buying things they have no idea what to do with purely because they think they will appreciate in value.
- hotpotamus 4y agoI own a few records but no turntable. I've just been renting digital music (and movies) for an unlimited term at zero cost (downloading them from p2p/torrents) since the late 90's, and now have any music I'd like as flac files tucked away on an archive NAS. Anything I couldn't find online, I'd obtain the CD one way or another and throw it out or return it to its owner after I'd ripped it since I had very little interest in maintaining a shelf full of plastic. I also like reading physical books but don't like having to deal with shelves full of them, so that is easily outsourced to my County's public library system which I think is top notch. All that is to say that I do still like having some physical manifestation of media around once in awhile, so a few vinyl records and the odd negative/slide/print are nice to have, but I only keep the greatest of the greatest hits so to speak - the bits that I find really significant.
- ebiester 4y agoI don't think that's what's happening. People are buying them because they are art objects. The vinyl record is useless, but it's attached to a beautiful album cover and liner notes. It also becomes a conversation piece for identity in private spades - e.g. "oh, you're a Mount Eerie fan as well?"