"Keith G" wrote


Still trying to lay down the law, David?

Stop talking ******** Keith. This is a discussion group, I am no more
"trying to lay down the law" than you, or anyone else who posts an opinion
here.

What do you mean by 'the general sense' - I am not aware of any 'fashion'
that applies to anyone outside the select group who are interested in the
'fashion' in question.

If I said that interest in pre-war TV was "fashionable" would you agree? If
the word "fashionable" is used without qualification it implies considerably
more than the item in question being popular within a narrow interest group.

Consider this: I have five 'hifi friends' in and just outside of this town
and they *all* have turntables and play records, so I think you could
safely say that at least as far as we are concerned the turntable is a
very fashionable item - no?

No.

What is the population of your town? 100,000? so 5 people represents
..005%. Of course there will be many more people in your town who own, and
use, turntables. But there will be significantly more than that again who
own and use CD players and mp3 players. It seems to me to be the height of
folly to try to claim fashionability for a minority interest product simply
because it is popular amongst the people who constitute that minority. At
that rate *everything* is "fashionable" and the word becomes meaningless.

(I suspect your own 'vinyl problems' stem from the fact that you probably
don't know anyone who routinely plays records, ;-)

Or maybe yours is that you do :-)


BTW you haven't proved that even within this tiny group turntables are
actually "fashionable".


Another 'Looser imposed condition' - when he collect that liability?

It's far from a "Looser imposed condition". If you make a statement and are
unable, or unwilling, to support it with evidence then that statement is no
more than your unsupported opinion. That's a fact of life, not an imposition
from me!

Who cares if turntables are considered 'fashionable' here or not?

Your mate Iain clearly does, as he was the one who suggested that turntables
might become "fashionable"

FWIW, this group is the only 'place' on the planet where I experience any
opposition to the use of turntables/playing records!

Then you need to get out more. It's easy, if you only ever mix with
like-minded enthusiasts, to conclude that most people think like you. And
*nobody* has expressed "opposition" to the use of turntables or records. All
that I and others have expressed is the opinion that CDs offer a better
alternative.

And, from what I can see of it, that opposition comes from less than half
a dozen noisy individuals here - one or two of whom can become quite
hysterical with it! ;-)

And from what I see a handful of individuals here can get highly agitated at
the mere suggestion that vinyl is an inferior medium :-)

QEND

LOL

OMG

TFIF

:-)

You are losing it Keith ;-)

David.