[rollei_list] Re: why I'm not digital -( just for interest)

  • From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:02:49 -0700

At 05:19 PM 4/14/2006 -0400, Eric Goldstein wrote: 

Peter K. wrote:

This is kind of like the old vinyl v. CD debate. In the end we know who took over the market.

Which market, Peter? The mass market? Absolutely. The billions who are happy to consider MacDonald's fine dining, art posters a substitute for original art, and talk radio a news source as credible as The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times, are also happy to listen to CDs. And MP3s for that matter.

A well defined sophisticated, discerning, upscale market however still consume analogue recordings pressed on vinyl. It is not a mass market. Film in time will likely no longer be a mass market, either, but it will remain a viable market non-the-less till a time when we are probably long gone from this earth.

Remember, Western Union just stopped their telegram service last month, after 150 years of service.


Eric Goldstein 

Eric,

We have an attic full of very good quality vinyl recordings, mostly classical, but not all. From what you say, you belong to A well defined sophisticated, discerning, upscale market which will still consume analog records.

Our intention was to gradually convert them all to CD's but we have been able to find most of the ones we really like in CD form, and we can get along just fine with the quality of a CD compared to a vinyl pressing. We can even load up the CD player in our cars and enjoy the music on long trips, so we can really do fine with CDs.

To satisfy that market, we who are the mass market class are willing to part with the vinyl pressings, doing our part to supply the needs of that upscale market.

How many vinyl records do you want and what is your offer? @>----

DAW


Don Williams
La Jolla, CA

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