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Vinyl resurgence? What do you think?
Thiel 7.2s, Manley NeoClassic 250s, Wadia 850, MIT Oracle V3 speaker cables, MIT MI-350 Oracle interconnects, Black Diamond Racing Shelves and Cones in a dedicated room with ASC Tube Traps, Room Tunes and 3 X 20 amp dedicated circuits.Tags: None -
while Lp sales are rising in a shrinking music market, as you can see by the chart, overall Lp sales are still just a drop in the bucket.Magnepan 1.6 QR Loudspeakers, Amherst A-2000 MOSFET 150 WPC Amp, Conrad Johnson PV-10A Modded Tube Line & Phono Stage, Electrocompaniet MC II Class A Head Amp, Audio Technica AT-OC9XML Cart (Stereo) , Graham Engineering 2.2 Tonearm (Stereo) , VPI Aries-1 Turntable (Stereo) , VPI Clamp, Denon DL-102 Cart, (Mono) , Luxman Tonearm (Mono) , Kenwood KD-500 Turntable (Mono) , Michell Clamp, Marantz 20B Analog FM Tuner, Pioneer SACD, Onkyo DX-6800 CD Transport, DIY 24B/192K DAC, Sennheiser HD-650 Headphones, Headroom Max Balanced Headphone Amp, DIY Silver Interconnects -
Yeah, but what does "vinyl single" mean?Micro Seiki SX-8000 table with flywheel, SME 3012R arm, SME 312S arm, Lyra Etna SL and Dynavector XV-1S cartridges, ARC Ref 3 phono stage, Otari MX-55 tape deck, Ampex 350 repros, Roon Nucleus Plus server, PS Audio DSJ DAC, ARC Ref 6 pre, ARC Ref 75 amp, Parasound JC5 amp, JBL 4345 speakers, and Def Tech Ref subs.Comment
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Streaming with mid-fi digital is the mainstream future, but I'm enjoying the hi-fi vinyl present.Lyra Kleos SL, Dynavector XX-2MKII, VPI JMW 10.5i, VPI Aries, VPI SDS, ModWright PH-150 Reference Phono, Sony HAP-Z1ES server, McIntosh MR80, McIntosh C2300, McIntosh MC352, Vandersteen 5A, PS Audio P10, Bright Star Audio Rack of Gibraltar. Cables: Shunyata Cobra Ztron IC, PS Audio Statement AC, Synergistic Research AC, Harmonic Tech Silver Phono, Cable Research Labs Silver IC, Audioquest Gibraltar bi-wire.Comment
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Seems like every week there is a new article out, but none of them match up. Who to believe, eh? Whatever the situation I'm enjoying the ride.Dynavector DV20x2L MC cartridge - Genesis G7.1f speakers - Marantz Reference PM-KI-Pearl Int. Amp. - Oracle Audio Paris MkV turntable - Various Morrow & Valab/King cables👍 3Comment
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Here what my audiobuddy and I were discussing the other day.
Where exactly does the LP reissue market go from now? Seems to me that many of the desirable analog titles have been done by now (KOB to death and perhaps should be put to rest based on the MOFI reissue). MMJ is ending their Blue Note reissues. Chad has reissued most of the cherry picked titles from Pablo, Blue Note, Impulse, Contemporary, Fantasy, etc. Some twice now eg. 33 and 45 rpm. Classic Records is gone. Audio Fidelity is reissuing some off the beaten path LPs. ORG is dipping into the Columbia library. Speakers Corner and Pure Pleasure not so interesting anymore.
Sure there are a few surprises here and now. Sure there are some hidden gems but many of them just aren't attractive enough to sell more than a couple hundred titles. Other titles that haven't been reissued may be due to the masters being damaged or missing. How many different ways can a company reissue a title (Classic for instance was the champion releasing the same title in 180 or 200 gm, Quiex, Special Profile, Clarity, 33 rpm, 45 rpm)?
About the only market still with some room to grow is rock. Licensing costs and a host of other issues (having to say get approval of the artists before release, companies wanting to to the releases in digital/LP, etc) limit the companies that can afford to reissue these titles.
Myles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
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-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
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-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
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I love my vinyl and buy them weekly always have and always will...Turntable: George Merrill Polytable Signature, 12” Jelco, Merrill-Williams R.E.A.L. 101.3, Sorane TA1L 12.7” Sutherland Loco MK2 Phonostage
Cartridge: Mutech Hayabusa MC, Hana ML MC, Ortofon Cadenza Bronze MC, Ortofon Quintet Black S MC, Miyayama Spirit Mono MC mounted on Jelco SA - 750L 12" arm and Sorane TA1L 12.7” arm
Digital Front End: Marantz SA8005, Auris bluMe Pro, Apple iPad
Analog Front End: Teac X1000R
Amplification: Gato AMP-150 AE
Speaker System: Aerial 7T Rosenut Finish
Speaker Cables: Ortofon 3900Q Silver BiWire
Interconnects: Luna Rouge, Luna Orange, Kimber Kable
System Rack: George Merrill Stable Table
Music Storage System: Dedicated room with IKEA Kallax
Other Accessories: Sound Applications RLS-1(mods by Jim Weil) Power Wedge PE1, TVSS installed at 200 amp breaker box, 2-20 amp dedicated circuit’s wired with 10/2 Romex, Kimber Kable Ascent PK10 Power Cords, Oyaide R1 receptacle’s, Symposium Acoustics, VPI 16.5 & George Merrill Hydraulic Cleaning Apparatus MKII RCM
Room Size: 30x20x8👍 2Comment
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I am also curious what are the best selling audiophile titles and how many copies were sold? IIRC AP (and Classic) does runs of 2000 records and MOFI of 5000. Not aure say how many ORG (I assume 2000) or say Speakers Corner, Pure Pleasure or other labels do. Also which titles sold out and had second runs? Would also be interesting to have a list of what are say the best selling top 10 or 20 audiophile reissues.Myles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
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-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
-Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
-Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms.👍 2Comment
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At the peak of classical vinyl sales, the top albums sold what would now be unbelievable numbers. Solti's Ring Cycle (19 records total) sold more than a million records cumulatively - that is the equivalent of 50,000 + sets of 19 records - and that is for Wagner operas (3, 5, 5, 6 records respectively for the 4 operas). The best individual seller was Cliburn's Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1, done to commemorate his winning the first Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958. It alone sold 1 million records. One of the former Decca advertising staff told me that he used to prepare the ad copy for the Decca classical records. Back in the '70's Decca would buy 13 or more full pages in color in Gramophone Magazine every month to announce the new recordings they would issue that month, one page for each album.
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Dig Rip-Pyramix,IzotopeRX3Adv,Mykerinos,PacMicroModel2
Dig Play-mchNADAC, LampiHorizon, Roon, HQP, Oppo105
Electronics-Doshi Pre,CJ MET1mchPre, Cary2A3monoamps
Speakers-AvantgardeDuosLR,3SolosC,LR,RR
Other-2x512Engineer/Marutani Symmetrical Power, AudioDiskVinylCleaner, Scott Rust Interconnects,
Music-2000R2Rtapes,50TBripsComment
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At the peak of classical vinyl sales, the top albums sold what would now be unbelievable numbers. Solti's Ring Cycle (19 records total) sold more than a million records cumulatively - that is the equivalent of 50,000 + sets of 19 records - and that is for Wagner operas (3, 5, 5, 6 records respectively for the 4 operas). The best individual seller was Cliburn's Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1, done to commemorate his winning the first Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958. It alone sold 1 million records. One of the former Decca advertising staff told me that he used to prepare the ad copy for the Decca classical records. Back in the '70's Decca would buy 13 or more full pages in color in Gramophone Magazine every month to announce the new recordings they would issue that month, one page for each album.
LarryMyles B. Astor, PhD, Administrator
Senior Editor, Positive-Feedback.com
________________________________________
-Zellaton Plural Evo speakers
-Goldmund Telos 440 and 1000 Nextgen mono amps
-Goldmund Mimesis 37S Nextgen preamplifier
-Doshi EVO and Goldmund PH3.8 phonostage
-VPI Vanquish direct-drive turntable
-VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy dual pivot tonearm, VPI 12-inch 3D Fat Boy gimballed and SAT LM-12 arm
-Lyra Atlas SL Lambda, vdh Colibri Master Signature, Mutech Hayabusa,
-Technics RS1506 with Flux Magnetic heads, Doshi V3.0 tape stage (balanced)
-Assorted cables including Skogrand, Kubala-Sosna, Audience FrontRow; Audience FrontRow, Genesis Advanced Technologies , Goldmund and Ensemble Power Cords
-Accessories including Stillpoint Aperture panels, Cathedral Sound panels, Furutech NCF Nano AC receptacles; Silver Circle Tchaik 6 PLC, Symposium ISIS and SRA Craz 3 racks, Audiodharma Cable Cooker, Symposium Ultra and assorted SRA OHIO Class 2.3+ platforms.Comment
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