In article , Keith G
wrote:

"Andy Evans" wrote in message
oups.com...
Loads of turntables and arms about, and a guy selling vinyl to happy
users. Valves accounted for about half the amplification. Box speakers
for almost all the speakers - what happened to all the electroctatics
and ribbons? Ribbons, of course, as tweeters were quite common. Pinsh
had a longer ribbon which sounded rather nice.

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Thanks for that Andy, it was most interesting, but I'm sure you are
mistaken about the percentage of valve amps and the vinyl stuff

Don't know why they should. I see no reason to doubt what Andy reported
about how much valve/vinyl there was at the show. I wonder what fraction of
the population of the UK went to the show, or displayed there, though...
or have even heard of such events... :-)


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anybody here will tell you they are both in a tiny majority and only of
interest to a few *deranged* anacrophiles....

Afraid I can only "tell you" that in the last decade or more, when I ask
people, in general, almost no-one has any interest in either valves or
vinyl - or indeed has much interest in audio/hifi. Many are aware that
vinyl LP is still around, but have no LPs or way to play them. Most I've
asked seem puzzled that anyone is still using valve equipment for domestic
audio. Exception being for guitar amps.

There are some people who are very interested, but they don't seem to me to
be a very high fraction of the UK population. I'll ask my undergrad classes
again this year, though, and see if there is any change from recent years.
But I suspect most will be using CD or MP3 players for music, and have no
real interest in 'hifi' or 'audio' as such, let alone valve or vinyl.

If someone has some well-researched figures for what fraction of the UK
*do* use valves and/or vinyl for home audio I'd be interested. Particularly
if the figures can distinguish audio enthusiasts from guitar players or
people who use such for 'fashion' or 'niche' reasons like dance/DJ uses.

Slainte,

Jim

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