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How Does This Happen? [message #96655] Tue, 02 May 2023 17:32 Go to next message
Silver is currently offline  Silver
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https://loudwire.com/amount-vinyl-record-buyers-actually-own-phonograph-players/

I don't know why, but I find it hard to believe that only 50% of L.P. owners own a turntable to play them on. I understand collectors may not have one, but would they constitute 50% of owners?
Re: How Does This Happen? [message #96658 is a reply to message #96655] Tue, 02 May 2023 18:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Concorde is currently offline  Concorde
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I remember as a teenager, I saved up for a stereo and only after I got one did I start buying records.

Buying records without having a record player is like buying food you can't eat.
Re: How Does This Happen? [message #96663 is a reply to message #96658] Wed, 03 May 2023 06:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Rusty is currently online  Rusty
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I don't know if it's a fad statement for the younger generations to just have this physically large artifact that's made the comeback and looks kinda cool. That they don't necessissarily want to invest in the equipment to play it. Or maybe some think that they can sell it at a profit because of the current popularity. It's good and bad for us true devotee's of the medium. Good that the revival is reaching youth's interests, bad that the products prices have increased with the popularity.
Re: How Does This Happen? [message #96671 is a reply to message #96663] Thu, 04 May 2023 21:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gofar99 is currently offline  gofar99
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Hi, possibly another member fo the family has one...they may not have asked that.

Good Listening
Bruce
Re: How Does This Happen? [message #96692 is a reply to message #96655] Thu, 11 May 2023 15:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dervlin is currently offline  dervlin
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Maybe they're resellers. I suppose they could also be people who inherited a number of albums from relatives and are keeping them for their sentimental value, rather than a genuine desire to hear the music. That number still seems high to me, and I question its validity.
Re: How Does This Happen? [message #96693 is a reply to message #96692] Thu, 11 May 2023 21:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gofar99 is currently offline  gofar99
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Hi, I share that thought. Who exactly did they poll?

Good Listening
Bruce
Re: How Does This Happen? [message #96923 is a reply to message #96655] Thu, 17 August 2023 14:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Airforce 3 is currently offline  Airforce 3
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I would like to know that too.

I suspect they just took sales records from across the states, or at least part of them, and gave those statistics a new name: Poll.

They took a poll of stats. Laughing
Re: How Does This Happen? [message #97094 is a reply to message #96655] Tue, 24 October 2023 18:36 Go to previous message
Kingfish is currently offline  Kingfish
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Maybe the record owners know someone who owns a stereo, so they go hang out from time to time. Maybe they just don't NEED to own a stereo.

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