Why Is Vinyl So Expensive Now

So my vinyl purchasing has gone down from 10 month to almost zero month over the last 2 years due to the drastic price increases.

Why is vinyl so expensive now.

Vinyl records cost so much because idiot hipsters think they are a trendy must have front end to their music system. For one it is because americans have gotten used to cheap music. So every 4th or 5th record i buy is poorly pressed or cut too hot. Expensive records used to be about real scarcity.

They would operate 24 hours a day if vinyl press operators a dying breed until just recently weren t so hard to find. They reason vinly is more expensive than cd is for a number of reasons. Making vinyl is expensive theres no question durlak says. Perhaps the sound is irrelevant.

But if plans hold they ll add two to six more presses starting at the. But my understanding is that overall costs have not increased. It might not seem like much but in the 30 s a dollar was a lot of money. I think that there are a couple of reasons why vinyl is so expensive today.

For instance 78s in the 30 s sold for a dollar. Niche markets attract higher prices due to their very nature. Why is new vinyl now so expensive regardless of the undoubted resurgence of vinyl in the past 5 or so years it s still very much a niche market. It s inflation man february 15 2018 8 98 frontline lp price in.

Listening to cd s again and its pleasurable unlike being pissed at records all the time. Not to mention overpriced. And sure the canadian conversion on the dollar hurts. Perhaps they actually believe they sound better.

4 years of struggling with vinyl has left a bad taste in my mouth.