[net.audio] Vinyl

prk@charm.UUCP (Paul Kolodner) (08/09/85)

Why is vinyl used for LP's?  The stuff has been used for a long time;
in fifteen years I have not perceived a difference in the feel of my
records, although the old, old LP's of the forties and fifties were
made out of quite different stuff.  It strikes me that polymer science
has progressed tremendously in the last decade - just look at McDonald's
milk shakes!  New polymers undoubtedly exist which are more durable
(not just harder) and, perhaps more importantly, are electrically
conductive.  Does anyone out there have any news along these lines?