Why Is Vinyl So Expensive Now

I think that there are a couple of reasons why vinyl is so expensive today.

Why is vinyl so expensive now.

Before cd s used vinyl was literally the only way to hear some stuff so it went for a premium. 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. Perhaps the sound is irrelevant. For instance 78s in the 30 s sold for a dollar.

So every 4th or 5th record i buy is poorly pressed or cut too hot. Perhaps they actually believe they sound better. But if plans hold they ll add two to six more presses starting at the. It might not seem like much but in the 30 s a dollar was a lot of money.

And sure the canadian conversion on the dollar hurts. It s inflation man february 15 2018 8 98 frontline lp price in. They would operate 24 hours a day if vinyl press operators a dying breed until just recently weren t so hard to find. Niche markets attract higher prices due to their very nature.

But my understanding is that overall costs have not increased. Not to mention overpriced. Listening to cd s again and its pleasurable unlike being pissed at records all the time. Firstly due to rampant piracy for the last 20 years from cd burners and downloading the cost of cds has not risen in line.

Making vinyl is expensive theres no question durlak says. Vinyl records cost so much because idiot hipsters think they are a trendy must have front end to their music system. 4 years of struggling with vinyl has left a bad taste in my mouth. Expensive records used to be about real scarcity.

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.