Analogue Addicts (for those who still believe in vinyl!)

[T R Stickland]

There's a UK based 'pressure group' called Analogue Addicts that
was recently set up in response to the way CD/digital technology
is being effectively forced on the market by a combination of
hype and making vinyl hard to obtain.

Anyone who'd like details - or who's just interested in knowing
what the other side of the argument is - email me, and I'll send
information. I know they have overseas members. They are a useful
source of information about where to get vinyl LPs, including
mail order companies (Europe & the US), as well as being a pressure
group.

(Note to CD fans: no objection to you listening to your chosen
format, the intention is merely to maintain the _choice_!)
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[Nick Rothwell]

In article <1991Jul10.1...@gdr.bath.ac.uk>, bss...@gdr.bath.ac.uk (T R Stickland) writes:
> There's a UK based 'pressure group' called Analogue Addicts that
> was recently set up in response to the way CD/digital technology
> is being effectively forced on the market by a combination of
> hype and making vinyl hard to obtain.

Hmm. Well, firstly, there's the point about whether vinyl is better than CD.
I won't argue about that - best leave it to the audiophiles.

Now, arguing that vinyl is being made deliberately hard to obtain is like
arguing that Timex are making LCD wristwatches deliberately hard to obtain.
If the technology is old and outmoded, why not get rid of it?

There's then the argument that the record companies are trying to nuke
vinyl because they can charge double for CD's and get away with it. This
is most like true. However, I'd much rather argue for CD's at closer to the
production costs, than argue for vinyl just because CD's have artificially
high prices.

Nick. (Who happens to be a fan of "real" analogue filters on
synthesisers - but that's another thread...)

PS. Might be a good idea to cut down the distribution if this thread
grows and wanders...

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Nick Rothwell, Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh.
ni...@lfcs.ed.ac.uk <Atlantic Ocean>!mcsun!ukc!lfcs!nick
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