
Having been the main source of recorded music for a century or so, the vinyl disc became a bit of a niche product in the final fifth of the 20th century; niche, but ever present.
And, as regular readers of this magazine, and any other fans of music and its reproduction in the home, are only too well aware, that ‘niche’ product has made a resurgence. The turntable is now becoming, if not mainstream, at least relatively common.