Why Is Vinyl So Popular Again

The analogue format made of polyvinyl chloride had been the main vehicle for the commercial distribution of pop music from the 1950s until the 1980s and 1990s when they were largely replaced by the compact disc cd.

Why is vinyl so popular again.

So in honor of nice record store guy. The vinyl revival is the renewed interest and increased sales of vinyl records or gramophone records that has been taking place in the western world since about 2007. I ve recently dug out my old albums and played a few. Here are some of the things we gathered.

As albums have become more popular among collectors in the 2000s limited releases have made records cooler than ever with colored and split color vinyl. It was great to feel a proper album and hear vinyl again. Our vinyl orders are increasing every year since we started offering vinyl manufacturing in 2009. The vinyl format has always been popular between hi fi enthusiast and music passionates.

If you have a brand new needle a great turntable excellent pre amp good amp and speakers and a brand new album vinyl provides better audio reproduction than cds. With vinyl the needle needs to be moved over and the album needs to be flipped so why not sit down and wait. Instead of moving on to something else fans find they take the time to look through the album art read the lyrics look for surprises in the band s supporting musicians or liner notes. Despite of this the vinyl was loved by the few.

We asked around and did a bit of digging for the possible reasons why we re loving the vinyl again. Vinyl records are so popular that sony plans to make them again a vinyl record is played outside a store during record store day in paris in 2015. Vinyl has more peaks and valleys compared to the compressed digital form. For these people the vinyl record was always considered to be the true release and the general opinion was that the format has a richer and more interesting sound.

Another point in vinyl s favor. Maybe it was the nostalgia factor that made it feel better but it is so much easier to stick a cd on. It has been popular for several years. If you care about vinyl anything that makes people buy more of it purple or green locked or unlocked celestial or subterranean is probably good.

Among audio enthusiasts vinyl has never gone out of style. Etienne laurent european pressphoto agency.