How long have we got?

[Jac Hawk]

I noticed that Sky Q now has Spotify and it got me thinking, just how long has vinyl and CD got before it's no longer available new. i know that vinyl is having somewhat of a resurgence of late but i think the majority of customers are people who remember it when it was king so to speak, my kids for instance only stream music, aren't interested in quality only accessability and portability and i would say the majority of young people are the same, so when we're gone who's going to want to carry the torch so to speak?

Food for thought...

[Crackles]

A lot of young people have discovered vinyl. Piccadilly Records is full of twentysomethings looking through the racks.

It is also likely that a lot of the convenience generation will discover an appreciation of quality when they get older. When I was 20 I thought good sound quality was the same thing as power and loudness. Musicality and soundstage were alien to me.

I also thought Mcdonalds was good food and Fosters was good alcohol. I don't think hifi is over for a long time yet.



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[Jac Hawk]

i'm not saying hifi or quality reproduction is over far from it, but i do think that vinyl and CD for the majority of people is fast becoming a thing of the past

[Pigmy Pony]

Don't worry about it Mike, we've got Drumbeat, and there are similar shops all over the country. If I never bought a new release ever again, there would still be plenty - I know I haven't scratched the surface of what's good out there.

As for future generations, I sort of agree with John (Crackles), though I think most youngsters are too thick/lazy/impatient to bother with vinyl. But appreciation will hopefully come with maturity. And there are plenty of them buying vinyl anyway, though I suspect many will not even use a record player and just use them to decorate their walls - a good source of nearly new stuff for future enthusiasts.

This is my hope, as I have two daughters who will inherit all my shit. One of them is getting into Fleetwood Mac and Bowie, so she should be ok, the other can't even sit through an entire song on MTV without switching channels.

I reckon CD's are a goner though.

[Audio Al]

Records have been around for over 100 years , Format will always have a following

[Macca]

Vinyl has established itself now as a niche product, I can't see that going away but it will always be exclusive and expensive, a bit like cigar smoking.

CD will go the way of the floppy disc drive. Outmoded and no-one was fond enough of it to begin with to want to keep it alive artificially.

[struth]

vinyl has been around for about 70 years or so in the market. my earliest one is 1952; a blind blake bahamian calypso. fairly rare over here too. heyday was 60's n 70's. as you say macca, its still a small piece of music overall and will not get all that much bigger.

[Ali Tait]

True that a lot of youngsters have discovered vinyl, but from what I read a lot don’t even have a deck, they just collect it because it’s cool.

[wee tee cee]

Im not so sure...my son and his pal are into hi fi-its about the quality regards gaming/music/films.

like anything else some folk are happy with the basics,,,,others pursue quality

[hornucopia]

In the end, it's the message, not the medium, to change the quote.
My life runs (just!!) from 78s thru' singles, LPs, Cassettes, mini-discs, CDs to 'downloads (the last I've yet to do; all my HDD stored stuff is from my own CDs)
The high % of people were never into 'fidelity' anyway.
Will "Streaming' become the next source of fidelity? There will be a need/market-already exists.