Brian Running wrote:
When CD's came in, I was astonished at how quickly they swept away
vinyl -


As a matter of fact, when CDs came in, it was cassette tapes that they
swept away. Cassettes had been out-selling LPs for several years before
the arrival of CDs. AM stereo sounded as good as, or better than, your
typical cassette tape, to my ears. There's no accounting for popular
tastes!

I dunno - I know many people - of all ages - who still use cassettes
regularly, though not as much as Ipods and the CD's they burn
themselves, no. But I am the only person I know who still listens to
many of the excellent recordings they've had on vinyl for years (though
85% of my listening is now CD's, of course).

Also, you can go into a retailer like Best Buy or Circuit City and
find four or five tape decks - you'll be lucky to find one turntable.
Online shoppng for those items? Much the same. The popularity of
cassettes today is a pale shadow of what it once was. But in my view,
CD's gave a more devastating blow to vinyl.

Tony

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