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dymk
on April 29, 2023
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Half of vinyl buyers in the U.S. don’t have a reco...
Vinyl records are a way to display the album art in a large-ish format. CDs are tiny and not as good for displaying.
potamic
on April 29, 2023
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Wonder why CDs never came with ginormous jackets
gweinberg
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They did. When CDs first came out, they were in these ridiculous long boxes so they would fit in with vinyl lps.
rufus_foreman
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It also made them harder to shoplift.
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