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Vinyl record mass production in "current" modern days ...
« on: December 23, 2022, 11:15:51 am »
Looking at the shinny machinery used, all do not look old at all, I guess vinyl records (niche market) is still a thing in South Korea.  :-//


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Re: Vinyl record mass production in "current" modern days ...
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2022, 11:26:03 am »
They are still a thing all over the world, whether you are an audiophile, audiophool, hipster, or just plain nostalgic. Even Compact Cassettes have made something of a comeback, though you can't buy a decent player new these days, unlike with vinyl.
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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2022, 11:28:06 am »
Limited edition Paul McCartney have turned out to be a bit sub par.

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Re: Vinyl record mass production in "current" modern days ...
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2022, 11:35:35 am »
A lot of stores around here cary more LPs than CDs. Not so niche...
 

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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2022, 12:11:16 pm »
there is hope corded telephones and paper money make a big comeback, that the great reset becomes the global nothingburger.
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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2022, 12:19:09 pm »
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A lot of stores around here cary more LPs than CDs. Not so niche
Vynal has been outselling cds for a year or 2 now,of course its nothing to do with people downloading stuff instead of buying a cd
 

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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2022, 01:02:51 pm »
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A lot of stores around here cary more LPs than CDs. Not so niche
Vynal has been outselling cds for a year or 2 now,of course its nothing to do with people downloading stuff instead of buying a cd
A local charity has opened a speciality record and tape store. Apparently, them young ones who where weened on downloads, have discovered the delights of SOLID-FI media. Any record is now rare vinyl, even cheesy James Last apparently. Most sought after discs are early British punk, heavy metal and 'northern soul' (Motown). As for record players, one concession to the 21st century, these need to have a USB connector, so the vinyl can be ripped to iTunes. Kids eh? :o

So don't scrap that antique cobweb gathering Technics, Sony, Bush or B&O music centre from the late 70s, as some teenager might think you're the coolest (old) guy ever for having a vinyl deck with a built in Dolby tape player - with the bass and treble graphic equaliser 8) Granddaddy Cool
 

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Re: Vinyl record mass production in "current" modern days ...
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2022, 01:04:01 pm »
there is hope corded telephones and paper money make a big comeback
Corded phones never went away, there are few advantages to having a desk phone be Wifi connected.
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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2022, 01:11:08 pm »
Looking at the shinny machinery used, all do not look old at all, I guess vinyl records (niche market) is still a thing in South Korea.  :-//



I love the bit at 4:30 where, after the mastering, metalizing and several washing stages, they then dress the edge of the disc on a cheap belt sander!  ;D
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Re: Vinyl record mass production in "current" modern days ...
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2022, 02:16:00 pm »
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Any record is now rare vinyl, even cheesy


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Most sought after discs are early British punk, heavy metal and 'northern soul' (Motown).
so "wasting my pocket money on that row" was a good investment,think i'll fire up some original  zepplin or floyd,or one of the many others  on my rega P3 to celebrate
 

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« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2022, 03:04:54 pm »
there is hope corded telephones and paper money make a big comeback, that the great reset becomes the global nothingburger.

Well personally, I have nothing against that, but please, do NOT bring back film based camera, really ..REALLY hate that era, the curse of maxed out 36 photo shots and other gazillions of inconvenient.  :box:

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« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2022, 05:05:47 pm »
there is hope corded telephones and paper money make a big comeback, that the great reset becomes the global nothingburger.

Well personally, I have nothing against that, but please, do NOT bring back film based camera, really ..REALLY hate that era, the curse of maxed out 36 photo shots and other gazillions of inconvenient.  :box:

A few years before I retired, the boss was yanking my chain for using large-format (sheet-film) cameras for quality pictures (not vacation snaps) claiming they were obsolete.
His hobby was raising draft horses.
I pointed out that the horseless carriage and tractor had been invented.
I am always amused by people with their own hobbies and interests who cannot understand other people's interests.
 
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Re: Vinyl record mass production in "current" modern days ...
« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2022, 02:44:16 am »
Vinyl records are still being produced in significant quantities. Some people like that, there is a market. Nothing wrong with that.
 

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« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2022, 03:22:20 am »
there is hope corded telephones and paper money make a big comeback, that the great reset becomes the global nothingburger.

Well personally, I have nothing against that, but please, do NOT bring back film based camera, really ..REALLY hate that era, the curse of maxed out 36 photo shots and other gazillions of inconvenient.  :box:

A few years before I retired, the boss was yanking my chain for using large-format (sheet-film) cameras for quality pictures (not vacation snaps) claiming they were obsolete.
His hobby was raising draft horses.
I pointed out that the horseless carriage and tractor had been invented.
I am always amused by people with their own hobbies and interests who cannot understand other people's interests.
One for the record,  ::) perhaps Im not in the groove. do prefer reel to reel tape for its home recording ability.
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Re: Vinyl record mass production in "current" modern days ...
« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2022, 03:35:36 am »
There has been an uptrend in the Vinyl, Compact Cassette and the more younger Mini-Disc in the last years.

Heck even the Zune is getting popular now...
 

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Re: Vinyl record mass production in "current" modern days ...
« Reply #15 on: December 24, 2022, 10:07:48 am »
The Compact Cassette one, I really don't get. I saw a guy eagerly rifling though a shelf full in a second hand shop the other day!

The home recordings I did on TDK-SA used to be pretty good but the pre-recorder ferrite tape releases were always rubbish.
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« Reply #16 on: December 24, 2022, 10:47:25 am »
The Compact Cassette one, I really don't get. I saw a guy eagerly rifling though a shelf full in a second hand shop the other day!

The home recordings I did on TDK-SA used to be pretty good but the pre-recorder ferrite tape releases were always rubbish.
The compact cassette thing is a vibe I'm not feeling either. Tape (unless reel-2-reel) was always a consumable format, used mostly for pause pushing. If I wanted to actually pay the record companies, I'd buy a CD - because those were a zillion times better than crappy vinyl. I only ever used chrome tapes in my Kenwood deck, as they sounded good with DolbyB and were very affordable in packs of ten. All ferric tapes were good for was, turning the pinch wheel brown and making into mix tapes for mates - who I knew would screw up the tape in their rubbish car radio-cassette player, which back in the day was an in-car status symbol. I once used a set of metal tapes for recording a mate's band, but really TDK chrome dioxid' was more than adequate. Wind on (or jog on) and have you seen the price of 'new old' tapes on eBay? Me thinks I should bulk erase the big box of tapes as I'm sitting on a small fortune.

On the subject of winding on, one culture shock for new players is the notion of winding stuff on and changing sides. There are no menus, drop downs or voice activations, just your finger on the FF and FW. The fast cueing of tapes is a lost skill.

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« Reply #17 on: December 25, 2022, 03:36:41 am »
there is hope corded telephones and paper money make a big comeback
Corded phones never went away, there are few advantages to having a desk phone be Wifi connected.

Yeah.  I still have a corded phone.  Audio quality FAR surpasses a cell call.

Well personally, I have nothing against that, but please, do NOT bring back film based camera, really ..REALLY hate that era, the curse of maxed out 36 photo shots and other gazillions of inconvenient.

The thing about film, though, is that you're forced to choose your shots.  With unlimited shots available people take photos of everything and they become nearly meaningless.  As one comedian said, "I have more pictures of my kids than my father ever LOOKED at me."

There has been an uptrend in the Vinyl, Compact Cassette and the more younger Mini-Disc in the last years.

I have a Mini-Disc system.  I'm surprised it never did well (other than in Japan).  It's quite good.  Much smaller and better than cassette and not as fragile as CD.
 
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« Reply #18 on: December 25, 2022, 04:04:02 am »
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I have a Mini-Disc system.  I'm surprised it never did well
It was fairly popular in uk theatre for sound effects playback for a  while, mainly due to auto pause/cue,something not common on cd payers at the time,also the media being reusable  made it the perfect revox replacement.
 

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« Reply #19 on: December 25, 2022, 05:41:09 am »
A lot of stores around here cary more LPs than CDs. Not so niche...
No. It is because nobody buys CDs nowadays; people buy albums in digital formats (like MP3 or FLAC). I got rid of my CD player a long time ago.
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« Reply #20 on: December 25, 2022, 05:48:13 am »
Chrome and metal Cassettes are great. Type 1 is ok. just ok.

If I want to make a mix tape for say music from the video game Stray, I can dump it onto a cassette tape and an hour or two later I have a physical medium that won't go away or magically disappear for at least the next 10-15 years. Brilliant!
Tape does deteriorate when played. I have some cassettes that have audible pitch changes due to the tape becoming stretched from playing them. And tapes can break. No, no more cassette tapes for me. I have all my music on a harddrive where I can play it from. On top of that, I can play en sequential or random order.
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Re: Vinyl record mass production in "current" modern days ...
« Reply #21 on: December 26, 2022, 01:25:10 am »
They are still a thing all over the world, whether you are an audiophile, audiophool, hipster, or just plain nostalgic. Even Compact Cassettes have made something of a comeback, though you can't buy a decent player new these days, unlike with vinyl.

All those cliched categories 😂🤣

How about being a simple human knowing that audio exists on vinyl, ergo one feels like buying it and does. You don’t have to be pigeonholed to be a human, nor to buy a product.

All this <cringe> “retro” piffle  - some folk simply own a record player or two, like a singer and are used to using records and never moved past them (I know a couple) - it’s a simple logical purchase, the same as buying a bar of soap or cornflakes.

Who cares what “made a comeback”. If shops stop selling a brand of chocolate and they suddenly decide to restock again, it’s like … ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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« Reply #22 on: December 26, 2022, 02:37:43 am »
How about being a simple human knowing that audio exists on vinyl, ergo one feels like buying it and does. You don’t have to be pigeonholed to be a human, nor to buy a product.

Because vinyl isn't what it used to be.  It used to be the only way to purchase recorded audio.  It's now the bulkiest and easiest to damage medium.
 

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« Reply #23 on: December 26, 2022, 03:03:57 am »
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It used to be the only way to purchase recorded audio.
no it wasnt, pre recorded open reel tape was available as was cassette and 8 track
 

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« Reply #24 on: December 26, 2022, 03:15:29 am »
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It used to be the only way to purchase recorded audio.
no it wasnt, pre recorded open reel tape was available as was cassette and 8 track
In North America, open reel tape players wasn't really a thing.  Yes, 8-track was available with it's issues.  Vinyl was the most prevalent media and available player next to 8-track in consumer homes until regular cassettes tool over in home and car stereos.
 


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