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Vinyl Album Sales Increase 89% in 2008
There were 1.9 million vinyl LPs sold in 2008, compared to 1 million in 2007 and 600,000 in 1994.
Who says analog is dead?
Integrators may want to consider adding turntables to their offerings again. According to Nielsen SoundScan, sales of vinyl LPs reached 1.88 million units last year. That's more than double from just two years ago and up 89 percent from 2007.
According to the L.A. Times, the trend has led to several new record stores opening in the L.A. area. Moreover, some of the albums have price tags as high as $100. The L.A. Times says the record stores are thriving because of collectors and casual audiences.
My cousin opened a record store in Ventura, Calif. a few years ago: Grady's Record & CD Refuge. A lot of his inventory comes from people just giving albums away. He also does a solid business on eBay.
LPs need turntables, of course. According to the article, new low-cost units are popping up on the market. Integrators might consider a good/better/best offering of turntables for clients. If you really want to reach the affluent, take a look at this list of the 10 most expensive turntables, including Goldmund's Reference II that sells for $300,000.
Still no word on how 8-tracks are doing these days.
Integrators may want to consider adding turntables to their offerings again. According to Nielsen SoundScan, sales of vinyl LPs reached 1.88 million units last year. That's more than double from just two years ago and up 89 percent from 2007.
According to the L.A. Times, the trend has led to several new record stores opening in the L.A. area. Moreover, some of the albums have price tags as high as $100. The L.A. Times says the record stores are thriving because of collectors and casual audiences.
My cousin opened a record store in Ventura, Calif. a few years ago: Grady's Record & CD Refuge. A lot of his inventory comes from people just giving albums away. He also does a solid business on eBay.
LPs need turntables, of course. According to the article, new low-cost units are popping up on the market. Integrators might consider a good/better/best offering of turntables for clients. If you really want to reach the affluent, take a look at this list of the 10 most expensive turntables, including Goldmund's Reference II that sells for $300,000.
Still no word on how 8-tracks are doing these days.
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Jason Knott, Editor, CE Pro
Jason has covered low-voltage electronics as an editor since 1990. He joined EH Publishing in 2000, and before that served as publisher and editor of Security Sales, a leading magazine for the security industry. He served as chairman of the Security Industry Association’s Education Committee from 2000-2004 and sat on the board of that association from 1998-2002. He is also a former board member of the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation. He is currently a member of the CEDIA Education Action Team for Electronic Systems Business. Jason graduated from the University of Southern California.
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People are finally figuring out how crappy MP3’s sound and that the sound of a cymbal crash really does exist. I was hoping that people would wake up and finally get back to natural sound and not the 1/10th the audio quality with MP3’s.
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Maybe wax cylinders will also make a comeback. I really dig that old-timey sound!