Thanks for clarifying. You know - with the recent influx of new users on here lately, a lot of shit has come through the door. But a whole lot of awesome has come through the door as well - yourself included. I think Hubski is a much stronger place because of it and am excited about it's future. This conversation got me to thinking about record sales and searching for stats. I was also reading about the 25-35 year old demo primarily responsible for the uptick. Funny because it's totally me. 33. In fact, 90% of the people that I spend 90% of my time with is totally this. Sometimes I forget, even when living in a city with 2 million, what kind of a bubble I'm in. Cheers!
I appreciate the kind words - I actually came here because of StephenBuckley and not reddit, my arrival was merely coincidence. But many of those posters, too, have been interesting and added new texture. And the ones who aren't are easily blocked :) And yeah, it's a curious thing that people in that age range are embracing vinyl records again. I wonder why? Nostalgia can only account for so much, and if it was merely a novelty I don't know if so many people would flock to it or be intrigued. Perhaps there is something to the way it sounds that some people simply find more attractive? I don't fully understand it myself but I also can't claim to know other peoples' tastes, and there's no accounting for that. But I am glad that we have a choice. The majority will be using MP3 and other digital recordings of middling quality, and I suppose the audiophiles will be split between ultra-high-quality digital FLAC files, or the sound of vinyl records. Certainly an interesting range, though. I would bet vinyl users are centered in cities primarily, due to having easy access to record shops that sell that kind of stuff. Small town stores are a lot less likely to have records available in that format, and in fact finding a record store at all in a small town these days is... well good luck. Downloading is kind of the only choice for probably a major segment of the population, and certainly the most convenient. I wonder what the statistics would be if vinyl records were more readily available so people had more of a distinct choice?