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From: YourName@YourISP.com
On 2026-02-16 18:09:29 +0000, Roger Blake said:
> On 2026-02-14, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> I've lost count of the number of times that it's been claimed that
>> there is a "vinyl comeback". If there's a more pointless analog format
>> to make a comeback, it has to be vinyl.
>
> Sales figures and continuing releases of new material show vinyl to
> be quite popular and growing each year. It wasn't supposed to happen,
> but there it is.
Paper, newspaper and magazines, and printing things out was supposedly
going to die when the computer and then internet came along, but in
reality the sales of printers soared for a many years, although has
dimished more recently. Many newspaper and magazines have gone, but
there are still many others being printed every week and month.
To quote Mark Twain: "the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
>> Are people adopting a vinyl affectation just to signal some kind of
>> aversion to "digital sound"?
>
> That's a presumptuous assumption. For some of us we simply never left
> the format. I'm still using audio equipment purchased 50-60 years ago
> and have a large collection of 78s, 45s, and LPs as well as cassettes,
> 8-tracks, and CDs. (For video while I have a media server I also have
> Beta, VHS, Laser Disc, and CED disk.)
>
> There is a lot to be said for having physical media rather than
> depending on streaming services where you really have no control and
> your favorites may disappear at any time.
Yep. I still buy my monthly computer magazine at the local shop. I
started with the first issue sold here (issue 3) and I'm up now to
issue 421, having only missed a few due to shipping problems in all the
years I've been buying it. They are all piled up in a bookcase. I also
still have a big box of the previous computer magazine issues I used to
buy before Commodore went bankrupt. :-)
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