>but there's very strong interest right now in analog, non-digital, non-consumer-tech, non-tracked-and-data-collection sound I appreciate your attempt to expla

>but there's very strong interest right now in analog, non-digital, non-consumer-tech, non-tracked-and-data-collection sound I appreciate your attempt to explain the phenomenon, but unpicking your words I don't find myself much wiser. CDs are not tracked or data-collected either. Vinyl players are every bit as much "consumer tech" as CD players. As for "analog" and "non-digital, they mean the same thing - but why should they be in demand? They sound worse. And before you say "it's not about the sound", sure, but even for intangible "souvenir" value, the only disadvantage a CD has over a vinyl record is that it's smaller. And surely it's at least a little bit about the sound? After all, they're not buying empty covers.