Njengoba kunama-vinyl LPs angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-14 athengiswe e-United States kuphela ngo-2017, akumangalisi ukuthi abanye abaculi nabakhiqizi behadiwe babeka amafayela abo alahlekile e-MP3 ku-backburner ukuze babhekisise imidiya ebonakalayo-okuhlanganisa namakhasethi - konke futhi. Kepha kwamanye ama-audiophiles adlulele, akukho okudlula ukuya ngqo emthonjeni. Futhi uma kukhulunywa ngomculo we-analog, leyo yidekhi ye-reel-to-reel tape.
Ngesonto eledlule, ngokokuqala ngqa emashumini eminyaka, i-Roland Schneider Precision Engineering yaseJalimane yethula imishini emine ye-Ballfinger reel-to-reel ezethamelini ezikhetha ukuvumelana kwe-analogi okunomsindo ofudumele kunamafayela edijithali acindezelwe futhi acutshungulwe ngokweqile.
Nakuba kungavamile ngaphandle kwamakhaya ama-audiophiles eqiniso, amarekhodi e-reel-to-reel ayesetshenziswa (futhi asasetshenziswa) kumastudiyo okurekhoda ngenxa yekhono lawo lokunikeza ukwethembeka okuphezulu kunamanye amafomethi. Kodwa-ke, usayizi wabo omkhulu wetheyiphu kanye nenqubo yokulayisha mathupha kubenza bangalungeli kakhulu izethameli eziningi. Amakhasethi amakhasethi agcina ethathe isikhundla njengefomethi ephathekayo nesebenziseka kalula kubathengi—elandelwa ama-CD kanye, vele, namaMP3.
Kunjalo, njenganoma yiluphi olunye ucezu lwekhithi ye-audiophile, imishini ye-Ballfinger ayishibhile. Itholakala ngamamodeli amane, abalandeli bomculo bangalindela ukukhokha cishe u-$11,400 ukuze uthole imodeli eyisisekelo ngaphezu kuka-$20,000 ukuze uthole imodeli esezingeni eliphezulu ongayenza ngokwezifiso. Thola okuningi ku- I-Ballfinger.
