Reply #17: You're wrong there. Turntables are still available (many w. built in CD recorders)

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You can even get a new turntable that plays vintage 78rpm recordings. The LP record has become a collectible (as the 78rpm & 45rpm did before it. Hell, there are still people collecting 8 Tracks). People will argue still the relative merits of analog & digital sound. As I am sure they will do with TV
systems. I know people who collect TV sets with old tube technology (talk to someone who plays his records with a tube amplifier about how much better they sound). I'm not looking to argue either side but as technology's change, the old technology just becomes something else to collect and
there are folks out there who deal in things collectible, both with shops and around the web. Only about 10% of what was recorded on 78rpm got
reissued on LP (33 1/3rpm). Probably less than that has been reissued from LP to CD. Those looking for old time music of what ever kind will have to
get it in whatever format its available & there'll always be ways to play it. They even make machines that play old acoustic Edison cylinders with an
electric pickup.