• roofuskit@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      There are things like Super Audio CDs and MACDs etc… I believe there may even be some blue ray audio releases.

      • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Those are kind of rare, though; can they really be outselling CDs by so much? Or maybe the author mislabeled the key and ‘other’ is supposed to be the sliver on top?

        • shikitohno@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          I don’t know how widespread it is outside of metal, but I’ve been seeing more and more bands offering tapes. Sometimes a release is only on tape, other times the tape might be $6, the CD $15 and the LP $25, so there are different ties available for those who want a physical copy. I probably got 10 tapes or so within the last year.

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            7 months ago

            Tape makes a lot of sense audio-quality wise especially for people who insist on analogue for some silly reason, the prices don’t make sense, though: Tapes are expensive to manufacture. CDs and vinyl are pressed whole while tapes need to be run through a machine, centimetre by centimetre. Though maybe for small runs it does make sense as you don’t need a physical master.

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              7 months ago

              You hit the nail on the head. Even ten years ago people would use national audio and get the shortest run possible (50 units).

              I never got below $2 unit cost, but there’s good money to be made selling short runs of tapes after a set.