I think the only reason LPs have made a come-back is not because of superior sound - it’s because the kiddies are all wannbe ‘rap’ stars and the only way they can do that is spinning the LP back and forth under the needle.
If the LP were truly making a come-back for audiophile reasons, there would be a resurgence in Technics and Nakamichi turn-tables and Crown ruby needles. You would see Pre-Amps making a resurgence with dbx and autocorrelation noise reduction circuitry becoming standard fare. I think you can see in the marketplace that this is not the case.
It’s all about the talent and skillz of spinning vinyl under a cheap saphire, vertically mounted, conical needle that sounds oh-so cool and gets the chickies hot and bothered. Add some gangsta pants halfway down your backside and some platinum Grillz and you are there.
But, what is questionable about the e-book data? Seriously, or the 1’s and 0’s non-standard size?
you don’t need a killer system to notice the difference in sound quality between LPs and CDs. And the record players you can buy at Bed Bath and Beyond aren’t real good for any kind of rapping, and really the whole scratching thing is very 90s and nobody does that anymore.
What’s questionable about the e-book data is that Amazon give ZERO specifics about their sales and has always been that way. They like to give highlight data, especially when it makes them look good, but we have no specifics, and lacking specifics even the highlight data is suspect. A couple of weeks ago Amazon said their e-book sales passed their hardback sales, now they’re saying their e-book sales have passed all their book sales, but we have no idea what any of those numbers are. We don’t know what their e-book sales are, we don’t know what their physical book sales are, we don’t know how any of that data relates to the market in general, we don’t know if they’re counting all book sales including Amazon marketplace (3rd party via Amazon). In the end we don’t even know if they’re telling the truth.