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music technology trends and obsolescence

e-huned.com — check out this cool technology obsolescence curve. It shows the gradual rise and fall of sales trends of vinyl records, cassette tapes, compact discs, and ipods over a 30 year period. the technology trends are remarkably cyclical.

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  • UrbanPug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1cd sales are going DOWN DOWN DOWN
  • huned, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0didn't have mp3 data, but i did have unit sales of ipods. ipods actually help illustrate the cycle very well, as you can see. (well, with the data provided, anyway).
  • murka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0MP3 sales are not on this graph, but you can guess what replaced the dipping CD curve.
  • huned, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i sold all my cds on amazon and ebay a year or two ago. i haven't missed them. though, actually, i've just stopped listening to music. i've become an npr junkie. alas.
  • brianmulloy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yep, that is a textbook graph.

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