Is the resurgence of vinyl LP's a fad?

[doifeellucky]

Well probably the same reason cassette tapes were never very popular. They plain suck to play. Having to fast forward to find a song is plain annoying. CDs combined portability with good quality and ease of navigation. Yes, I still enjoy CDs.

Cassette tapes not popular. Lol. You may have heard of this device called the Walkman. Sony sold well over 200 million of the cassette variant alone. It transformed the way we listen to music. I had boxes of SA90s. From memory if you went into Richer Sounds in the late 80s and early 90s that’s pretty much all they had behind the counter,

Walkman - Wikipedia

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Personal stereo - Wikipedia

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The history of the Walkman: 35 years of iconic music players

Before the iPod was even a thought, Sony had sold hundreds of millions of its iconic cassette players

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[spl84]

Cassette tapes not popular. Lol. You may have heard of this device called the Walkman. Sony sold well over 200 million of the cassette variant alone. It transformed the way we listen to music. I had boxes of SA90s. From memory if you went into Richer Sounds in the late 80s and early 90s that’s pretty much all they had behind the counter,

Walkman - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Personal stereo - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

The history of the Walkman: 35 years of iconic music players

Before the iPod was even a thought, Sony had sold hundreds of millions of its iconic cassette players

www.theverge.com

I was responding to another user who was comparing them to cds. Surely you saw that. I personally think tapes were pretty popular for a period. I'm old enough to remember a time where cassette tapes were everywhere. I owned many tapes and still do but when I discovered cds I never bothered with tapes again. So they were popular but could never compete with compact discs.

 

[davidf]

This is insane!
Levitating turntable, Yoda would be impressed.

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A tonearm should be anchored to the same chassis/sub chassis as the platter. The only movement should be between the stylus tip and the record groove. Things just addressing an issue that doesn't really exist, and relying on "something cool" to sell.

 

[Jasonovich]

A tonearm should be anchored to the same chassis/sub chassis as the platter. The only movement should be between the stylus tip and the record groove. Things just addressing an issue that doesn't really exist, and relying on "something cool" to sell.

True, but interesting nonetheless.

 

[davidf]

True, but interesting nonetheless.

Only from an "oooh, look at that" point of view. And when that's worn off, you're left with a flawed design.