Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: how about this? Message-ID: <1009@opus.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 01:20:51 EST Article-I.D.: opus.1009 Posted: Fri Jan 4 01:20:51 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:23:08 EST References: <232@olivee.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 17 > I wonder... > > With the advent of CDs, ever notice that the quality > of most (if not all) vinyl disks have steadily decreased. The average quality on vinyl disks has decreased, but it started many years ago, well before the advent of CD's. It was a simple matter of economics: Record companies like to make lots of money. Vinyl is a petroleum-related product. When the oil crisis hit, the quality of the vinyl went way down as virgin vinyl (vinyl made from new materials, as opposed to reprocessed vinyl) got very expensive. To be sure, CD's give the record companies a way to answer the clamor for better recordings. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile.