On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 06:09:44 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):
"Scott" wrote in message
On Jul 29, 7:51=A0pm, Dick Pierce
wrote:
Audio Empire wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:45:47 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):
[quoted text deleted -- deb]
Not only most but the vast majority of =A0people have
long since forgot= about vinyl. The RIAA market share
data makes that quite clear.
hundreds of manufacturers still make turntables,
Hundreds of turntable manufacturers? HUNDREDS?
Name 50 of them, 50 in business, in production,
independent manufacturers of turntables.
If I name fifty to I get a prize?
http://www.stereomojo.com/TurntableM...urersLinks.htm
Scott, you still need to document that the list is composed 100% of
manufacturers who are in business and have independent products. There's
obviously some rebranding going on.
I know of none. While it's true that some Rega, Music Hall, and Pro-ject
low-end tables are very similar, but if you look at them in the flesh, you
will see that they are not the same units at all.
One need read only a few items on the list you linked to see that the list
may be bogus - since when is the well-known online retailer Amazon an
independent producer of turntables? Or is this a reference to "Amazon Audio
Products" (note my detective work and probable indentification of the
complete name of an actual German turntable manufacturer), thus putting the
accuracy and completeness of the list in a poor light from the standpoint of
accuracy and completeness of its entries?
That's true. Amazon does not make turntables (or any other audio products).
There are easily 50 manufacturers making so-called high-end tables today,
perhaps more, but unlike my earlier flight of hyperbole, I think you'd really
have to struggle to reach 100. Still and all, that's a lot of manufacturers
vying for a piece of what is a pretty small market. I will predict this, that
vinyl production will outlive the physical CD.