As we reported a few times in the past, while most people have long forgotten about the LP, apparently LPs are climbing in sales despite the falling CD sales. According to this report, vinyl record sales have increased by 10% over the last year with audiophiles fed up with anti-piracy measures heading back to vinyl. Some also claim records sound better than the CD versions.
While it is very difficult to make a perfect copy of a record due to a record holding music in the analogue format, at least consumers can easily re-record their vinyl collection to CD or on their PC to place on their MP3 player. As vinyl records cannot be crippled with DRM, a vinyl record is pretty much guaranteed to be playable on any turntable that plays its speed (usually 33rpm for LP or 45rpm for a single). I'm sure some who looked at Amazon's Top 100 selling electronics would have noticed a USB Turntable among the top 100 on occasion, especially around the Christmas period where one ranked higher than even Microsoft's Zune.
Thanks to GristyMcFisty for letting us know about this news.
