Maryrrf:But the younger folks are not buying them,

The younger folk I know all seem to buy CDs still (as well as downloading).

In fact, my own kids and most of their friends still buy a lot of stuff on vinyl. I'd say 25-30% of the new music that comes into our household is on vinyl...and it's mostly not me acquiring it.

My older daughter's friend's band, for instance, who get a fair bit of Radio 1 airplay, released their last 3 singles on vinyl, with a single-use download key coming with the record.

My younger daughter got me Arcade Fire's latest album "The Suburbs" for Christmas, which came as either just download, a CD with download code or a 12 inch vinyl record with download code.

My kids all specified quality tunrtables as being the prime consideration when they were getting music systems! They use iPods, of course, for evryday "background" but when listening seriously they use vinyl or CD, as do most of their friends.