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Re:50% of vinyl buyers don't own a record player by prmoustache on Saturday April 29, 2023 @06:32AM (#35751685)
Why? Most people older than 40 got a record players decades ago and still own it even if it is barely used.

People who don't move on a regular basis don't really take the time to assess what it is worth keeping or not.

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Re:50% of vinyl buyers don't own a record player by NovemberWhiskey on Saturday April 29, 2023 @08:13AM (#35752181)
>Most people older than 40 got a record players decades ago

That seems unlikely. I'm in my mid 40s and I bought my first music on compact cassette, but that was almost immediately supplanted by CDs. I never owned a record player.

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Re:50% of vinyl buyers don't own a record player by edanm on Saturday April 29, 2023 @03:08PM (#35756060)
I think that's closer to being true of people over 60. I'm almost 40 and never even came close to owning vinyl, it was all already CDs when I was young and cassettes before that.
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