Gone are the days of shimmery plastic CDs and chunky jewel cases, the past is making a comeback in a back way. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has revealed in its annual revenue report that vinyl sales have outpaced CD sales for the first time since 1987.

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If vinyl is for hipsters and streaming is for everyone else, maybe the forgotten format is for you.

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As physical music sales wither under the power of streaming services, vinyl records are finally getting their revenge on the compact disc. The Recording Industry Association of America reports that vinyl outsold CDs this year—an achievement that hasn’t been met since 1986.

If you visited Austin’s Waterloo Records recently, you might have noticed a construction project that was unthinkable not so long ago: The 36-year-old Austin music staple was replacing 24 feet of CD racks with space for more vinyl. “After 30 years of CDs, a lot of people are moving on from that format,” says Waterloo owner John Kunz. “Whether they’re going back to vinyl, or streaming, people are selling off those CDs.”

In the near future, the revenue generated by record sales is likely to surpass the revenue generated by CDs

Vinyl is set to outsell CDs for the first time since 1986, a new report reveals. The revelation comes in a mid-year report from the Recording Industry Association of America.

Ask a record-collecting audiophile why vinyl is back and you may hear a common refrain: "Of course vinyl's back! It's a more accurate reproduction of the original! It just sounds better than digital!" To this I reply, "Does it really, though? Or is it just EQ'd better? And since when did we start caring so much about the perfect fidelity of our recordings? I grew up—as did many of you—listening to cassette tapes on a boom box. They sounded horrible, and we loved them."

The resurgence of vinyl records is a curiosity to some and a passion for others. It's arguably ancient technology at this point, but that's also part of its appeal. Sony is looking to bridge the gap with the PS-LX310BT, a turntable that incorporates modern technology to play a very old format. The company showed the new unit at CES this week.

Despite the ubiquitous nature of streaming services these days, it appears physical media isn’t being left behind completely, with vinyl and cassette sales reporting double-digit growth figures. For many, many years now, there has been a constant question about whether or not the humble CD is as good as dead.

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Last week a nerdier segment of the music world was abuzz with the news that an Austrian company Rebeat had taken a $4.8 million dollar investment to help bring its “HD vinyl” records to market by mid 2019. Huh? HD vinyl? How does one make the last analog music storage format (that people still care about) high-definition? It screamed pure marketing buzzwordship to us, but we consulted with some experts and surprise, it seems there’s reason to be cautiously optimistic.

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A survey last year, though, found that many vinyl buyers don’t actually play their purchases or own turntables. So those records sitting untouched in the living room of hipsters all over America are most likely an expression of identity—of belonging to a particular generation, culture, and sound.

“What really matters is what you like, not what you are like,” John Cusack’s Rob Gordon declares midway through High Fidelity, an admission the obsessive, self-obsessed record collector preemptively defends with, “Call me shallow, but it’s the fucking truth.” In Stephen Frears’ film—as in Nick Hornb

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