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Why Buy Digitally Recorded Albums On Vinyl?

If you've picked up an arts section lately, you've probably seen a story with one (or both) of the following theses: "Vinyl is making a comeback." "If you want great sound, you buy vinyl." The hype is even starting to annoy some label folk, as it calls into question why non-audiophiles would bother buying tangible music at all. Sure, analog grooves of a vinyl record hold more information than any digital sample rate. But if an album was recorded digitally—a situation that's becoming more and more common—are you getting more information by buying it on vinyl? More »

4:45 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Anthony Miccio
4,572 views, 17 comments

Latest by Sool: Vinyl is great! Cd's are great and hell even mp3's are great just because music can be great. On what carrier did you hear your music on when you were 12 and does your fancy equipment you have now help more »

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German Company Hoping Scratch And Sniff CDs Will Prop Up Sagging Market

Listening Post got the chance to hear those "vinyl on one side, CD on the other" CDs that are sure to increase CD sales by at least dozens of copies, and guess what: They don't sound that bad! And really, the vinyl-CD twofer doesn't sound that far-fetched as a gimmick when you compare it to the other "special CD" offerings available from Optimal Media Production, the German company that manufactures the dualdiscs: More »

2:00 PM on Wed Nov 7 2007
By mjohnston
221 views, 1 comment

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Will The Launch Of AmazonMP3 Result In A Digital-Music Price War?

It's been a couple of days since Amazon's foray into the MP3 world finally opened, and so far the response has been positive despite the lack of two major labels. (It probably helps that one of the majors on board is Universal, which puts out more music than pretty much anyone else.) But over at TheStreet.com, one writer sees Amazon's entry into the market as a sign that prices for MP3s—and not files with copy protection—will take a nosedive, thus bringing music down to a price point where people might actually want to pay for it again: More »

5:38 PM on Thu Sep 27 2007
By mjohnston
576 views, 10 comments

Latest by Catbirdseat: @brainchild: Because they are unhappy with the amounts that eMusic pays out. [hypebot.typepad.com] more »