[78-L] Portable record player

[Kristjan Saag]

Duane Goldman wrote:

> You may want to spend a little time at Acoustic Sounds, The Needle Doctor,
> Elusive Disc & others sites before dismissing the current state of analog 
> vinyl
> production.  Recent press on the "resurgence" of interest in LPs shows a 
> similar > mis-representation.
> Reality is that an interest in analog playback has been ongoing & steadily 
> growing > for over a decade along with the availability of high quality 
> modestly priced
> playback equipment [turntable/arm/cartridge combo in the $500-1600 range]. 
> /snip
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Yeah, I know, and that's why I also wrote:

> The vinyl factories, today, rely more and more on special issues/ snip

My point was that the market for do-it-your-self dubplates (and for "vinyl 
cutters") is dwindling. Not interest in vinyl itself.
But this time it's not 12'' dance music releases for dj's that explains the 
revival, it's  the "collector's" issues in different genres, re-releases and 
new releases of soul, funk etc. Some retailers, like Juno Records in Britain 
(dance music), even offer labels to press limited vinyl editions of their 
releases.
The palette is broader and the manufacturers of hardware have responded, as 
we have seen.
And I'm as happy as, I guess, you are.
Kristjan