“Devastating” Manufacturing Plant Fire Threatens Worldwide Vinyl Record Supply

[The Computer Audiophile]

https://pitchfork.com/news/devastating-manufacturing-plant-fire-threatens-worldwide-vinyl-record-supply/
 

 

Apollo Masters—a manufacturing plant that supplies the lacquer used for making master discs, which are used to make vinyl records—suffered a fire on Thursday, February 6, at its manufacturing and storage facility in Banning, California, The Desert Sun reports. No employees were injured in the “devastating” blaze, which completely destroyed the facility. A note on Apollo Masters’ website reads, “We are uncertain of our future at this point and are evaluating options as we try to work through this difficult time.” Figures in the vinyl record production industry have expressed similar concern.

[firedog]

Another reason to go to file based playback.

[AudioDoctor]

I saw David Solomon posted this on FB last night.  This is bad news for people like me that appreciate our archaic and decidedly non hifi listening methods. 😉

[The Computer Audiophile]

Spinning dead dinosaurs just got harder 😁

[4est]

1 minute ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Spinning dead dinosaurs just got harder 😁

Oh, there is still plenty of vinyl to be had...

[Mercman]

I haven't purchased any vinyl since the early 90's. But I feel for the folks who still enjoy the vinyl ritual. It's really quite surprising just how good fine vinyl recordings can sound on the old rig.

[sphinxsix]

A vinyl day on AS.. maybe it deserves a subforum after all.. No, I have no plans of getting my gramophone out of the garage (every time I hear a loud crack in music I go to the kitchen to check out if I hadn't forgotten about some frying eggs ) even though 'On Every Street' Dire Straits LP (5k Transrotor gramophone) during the latest (local) audio show I attended sounded better balanced than 16-44 version (Roksan gear), but it was in big part due to the specifically bright Monitor Audio speakers they used for demonstration. 

[Iving]

2 hours ago, 4est said:

Oh, there is still plenty of vinyl to be had...

 

... and plenty of demand - including for collectable shellac. (As an online dealer I say this at first hand.)

 

CDs too!

[AudioDoctor]

3 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Spinning dead dinosaurs just got harder 😁

it’s a nice sunny dry day here. I may fire up the GT4 and burn some Juiced dinosaurs. 

[Samuel T Cogley]

The impending LP shortage that is being lamented by some affects mostly digitally-sourced vinyl.  What's the problem? 🙂

[The Computer Audiophile]

Just now, Samuel T Cogley said:

affects mostly digitally-sourced vinyl.

That's 99% of vinyl. Right?

[Samuel T Cogley]

Just now, The Computer Audiophile said:

That's 99% of vinyl. Right?

 

Well, new vinyl, yes.  And I would put it closer to 99.9%

 

I personally believe that digitally-sourced vinyl is one of the biggest scams in audiophilia today.  But YMMV, of course.

[The Computer Audiophile]

21 minutes ago, Samuel T Cogley said:

I personally believe that digitally-sourced vinyl is one of the biggest scams in audiophilia today.

You don't have to convince me of that one :~)

[NOMBEDES]

i bought a lot of my vinyl when I was in High School....I would guess that there was NO digital sourcing at that distant time.

 

 But hey, I remember our first TV, my Grandmother would watch in in the mirror so she would not be exposed to the "rays".   

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Samuel T Cogley said:

The impending LP shortage that is being lamented by some affects mostly digitally-sourced vinyl.  What's the problem? 🙂

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, NOMBEDES said:

But hey, I remember our first TV, my Grandmother would watch in in the mirror so she would not be exposed to the "rays".

That's awesome!

[MetalNuts]

Another good excuse to raise the price of vinyl.🥵