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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10n056f$19akf$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Your Name   wrote:   
   >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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