Another point in vinyl s favor.
Why is vinyl popular.
She currently writes for soundstage direct her go to place for all turntables and vinyl equipment including vpi turntables.
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.
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.
Nielsen music reports that vinyl sales for 2017 reached their highest level since 1991 with around 14 million records sold in the united states.
Let s take a trip to a record store and i ll tell you the four reasons why 12 vinyl records are better than digital mp3.
Vinyl is huge across all age groups jim johnson a sales and marketing employee for music distributor alliance entertainment in florida told the pitt news.
Most vinyl albums are black but they don t have to be pigmented materials can make albums red blue pink white orange or practically any other color.
It s very much alive and is much more preferable than listening to music in a digital format.
Whether it is audiophiles an older listener trying to recapture their youth or younger listeners searching for an authentic experience vinyl records have become more popular over the last decade.
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.