It's become a niche but the niche has been growing tremendously.
   I think between DJs wanting authenticity and... yes, rap artists
   as well wanting authenticity, the old presses were snapped up
   and put back into production. I think it's a great thing that's
   growing and all of the people who held onto their collections
   are grateful for it now.   === For me, I'm fantastically
   grateful that computers are FINALLY powerful enough to handle
   sound editing. That Vine for example was a simple matter of
   opening up audacity after downloading an MP3 from a site of old
   Victrola recordings, and then taking the tiniest time slice and
   making a digital sounding - vacuous "skipping" effect by copying
   and pasting. So for me, it's perfect. But it's just toying
   around. Suits my purposes but for authenticity, there's no
   beating the real thing.   ==