I may have missed this. Sorry. I agree with you - I love the look and feel of vinyl. However, in Australia (that's my sphere of reference) where you find CD decks is in R&B clubs as there is a limited amount of wax coming in for DJs. The market is growing and it is being serviced but DJs want to play the big tracks - your Nelly or Mystikal or whatever - as they are blowing up in the US or before not a month after, so instead of waiting for the local labels to get with it they turn to Napster or get the CD album on import. It also means that Australian DJs can break a track on a CD album of their own choice instead of being restricted to what they are being serviced by labels - ie the surefire things like Jennifer Lopez, DMX, etc. The import stores like Hardware or Octave or whatever are only bringing in 'dance' vinyl - techno, house, etc. It is near impossible to get an R&B/hip-hop album on vinyl.
>Vinyl and/or turntables will never die out. CD DJ decks have been out for >over 5 years. Smaller sized units, digital sound, and CD's are a much >physically smaller media with a ton more storage.... it would seem like a >sure fire replacement...
