> I just find it really surprising that we're all on this list > because we think we like forward thinking music - but we're > all so SCARED of vinyl 'dying'. Why? Whats the point? OK, the > new format won't be the same, but you can bet money that > you'll be able to manipulate it in far better ways, and it > will be cheaper to maufacture, therefore keeping the > 'underground' alive, if not making it far bigger.
Well, the reasoning for me is simple. I don't believe that the industry has come up with a more convincing media for recorded music as yet. The sound of a well recorded piece of vinyl is just so much better than I've ever heard a cd come near to. I've also heard SACD and the like and still prefer analogue - it's just more convincing on 'real' instruments. A high level of vinyl reply isn't cheap, and really cds were really designed to give better sound quality at lower a price point. It's funny to find many people discovering the sound of vinyl for the first time, and there is now an increasing 'audiophile' vinyl market growing. Without the mass DJ market, this smaller market may not have been able to exist as many pressing plants etc. would have had to close down. That's why I'm scared of vinyl dying. New technologies are more designed around the economics of the product, rather than how it sounds which to me is the wrong way round.
