Why Vinyl S Latest Boom Is Over

Gillian welch and david rawlings were disappointed by the quality of vinyl production today so they bought their own lathe to cut records themselves.

Why vinyl s latest boom is over.

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. Digital music as source for vinyl. Gillian welch and david rawlings cut their own records.

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. Why the vinyl boom is over wsj. 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. Pepper s that i m still waiting for.

Gillian welch and david rawlings cut their own records. Music why vinyl s boom is over as purists complain about low quality and high prices vinyl sales taper off. Old lps were cut from analog tapes that s why they sound so high quality. So i think the headline is premature and perhaps clickbait.

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 purchase on may 28th 2017 a 2014 mono vinyl sgt. And now you tell me the vinyl boom is over. Per the new and improved wall street journal.

New data tells us that. 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. And what a year it s been. 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. Gillian welch and david rawlings cut their own records. S o world record store day is here once again. These digital files are often loud and harsh sounding optimized for ear buds not living rooms.