Return of the Vinyl Album

NPR ran a story this morning about the comeback of vinyl. It seems that sales of new vinyl records are up about 10%; sales will approach a million this year (as against half a billion for CDs). NPR mentioned the popularity of a turntable with a USB interface and speculated on other possible reasons for the resurgence. They mentioned sound quality and lack of DRM as possible causes. Sound quality can and will be debated, but DRM rates a resounding ‘Duh.’

Long live Vinyl! I own a few records, but I don’t have a record player. Why? They are cool… and classy. Something you want to hang on the wall. Hard to do that with a CD.

Source: Slashdot