Just a comparison from vinyl to digital releases in cost

[mt1]

I guess I meant accurate monitors, though perhaps the laugh is that the systems people listen on never are?

[siphon8]

@3za

1100 for 300. that's 3.37 per record. considering most 4 track eps go for 10+ there's still a good margin for profit, even with distro.
i don't have any numbers, but i'm wondering where all that money goes, when you aren't able to make money with vinyl as some people say.
on the other hand i'm not sure there's more money in digital sales either. you just get a few cents per tune and many people don't buy the whole release.
again, i don't have any numbers ( if somebody does please post em), but from the numbers legend4ry posted, i'd think that vinyl could actually be more profitable if calculated carefully.

That's quite optimistic. Depends what the release is, but retailers are unlikely to sell it for more than a tenner unless it's an established artist or label. More to the point, it's what retailers are prepared to pay the distributors for it. Distro tend to take a 25% cut and retailers won't pay them more than a fiver per unit, unless it's a seriously hyped release. So if you're looking at a fiver per unit minus 25% - that's 3.75 per record. Then factor in the other costs and they're ain't much, if anything, left.

Like people have said, there's far more satisfaction in putting out a bit of vinyl and it's gonna stand you out from the 1000s of digi releases out there, but it's f***ing hard to make the figures work. Sadly there just aren't enough plants out there doing short-runs to bring costs down.

[_ronzlo_]

It's interesting to see how people leverage/reduce some of these costs too; like with Skweee adopting the cheaper 7" format, or people getting their own lathes and cutting vinyl themselves (which has a learning curve steel enough to keep out all but the most diehard vinyl believers.)