[Arny Krueger]

"Chronic Philharmonic" wrote in
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Yeah, I had a lot invested in vinyl when CDs came out.

Ditto.

But I always had a love-hate relationship with vinyl.

Ditto, just like tubes.

I knew how good it could sound, but it rarely did. It took
a lot of maintenance to keep it sounding good, and even
then the sound inevitably deteriorated. CDs were cheap,
accurate and repeatable. Hi-fi for the masses. I think
that was the problem. Any old kid on a skateboard could
afford truly high fidelity without even caring or
appreciating the concept.

Agreed. As soon as CD players got to be cheap and plentiful, the CD format
became a target for the high end ragazines. After all, they were minting so
much money from ads by vinyl-centric retailers and manufacturers.