While vinyl records were also present in the early days, the format had a huge drop-off when CD appeared. With its inherent superior durability, longer play time, smaller size, etc., there were several improvements over the vinyl format as a whole, just not where it really counted, which was specifically how it sounded to our ears. Largely, for this reason vinyl has had resurgence in recent years, such to the point where companies like AKAI can market a turntable in today’s market with some confidence that it will sell.



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