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- From: fineberg@win31.nas.nasa.gov (Samuel A. Fineberg)
- Subject: Re: LP Sales (Was:.Re: The end of cassettes)
- References: <1992Nov12.160517.26983@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <7490249@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> <WOOD.92Nov19082229@wood.uk.tele.nokia.fi>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 17:36:25 GMT
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- In article <WOOD.92Nov19082229@wood.uk.tele.nokia.fi> wood@uk.tele.nokia.fi (Peter Wood) writes:
- >>>>>> On Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:24:13 GMT, myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers) said:
- >
- >Bob> Whoa, folks! I am NOT saying that cassettes WILL necessarily go the way
- >Bob> of the 8-track; just giving an example of a medium that DID essentially
- >Bob> vanish overnight. A better analogy might be the LP - vinyl is taking a
- >Bob> little longer to leave, but does anyone doubt that its days ARE
- >Bob> numbered, like it or not?
- >
- >LP sales are actually going UP in Japan, by an order of something like 30 or
- >40% this year over last, admittedly from a very small base. Apparently
- >Japanese audiophiles are now discovering what we've known for years...
- >
- Yes, the Japanese now know what we have known for years, that there are a lot
- of audiophilles out there with more money than brains.
-
- Sam
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