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Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I want to know what “other” is that is also clobbering CDs. Can’t say it’s streaming because it’s physical media. The article mentions that half a million cassettes were sold, but that doesn’t really answer the question. That “other” takes up a lot of space relative to CDs so I’m pretty curious.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I dug into the RIAA Source PDF the article references for what "other" means:

"Includes CD Singles, Cassettes, Vinyl Singles, DVD Audio, SACD"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ahh, perfect, thanks, I genuinely appreciate it. I should have done that myself, shouldn’t I?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Eh, I have a lot of questions after articles, few are worth going down the rabbit hole for unless others show interest, no worries!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd assume it is for digital downloads.

If I am not purchasing LPs, I try to purchase MP3s/FLAC that I can copy and move around as I please.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hm, digital downloads count as physical media? I might? be able to see the merit in that classification but I’m not entirely convinced.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I should comment AFTER I read the article.

If it is for physical sales only I would have to guess we are looking at things like cassette, USB drives and limited releases on other obscure formats like minidisk.