So why would Dom--a band made up of twentysomethings, all raised in the compact disc era--decide to hawk vinyl to a crowd young enough to be guests at Justin Bieber's birthday party?

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As more and more music moves to iPods, hard drives and the much-ballyhooed cloud, a counterintuitive question is beginning to emerge: Could vinyl outlast the compact disc in the long run?

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In 2012, the compact disc continued its long decline, with sales down 13% from last year, and down 70% from 10 years before, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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Such heterostructures are widely employed to make the lasers in compact-disc players and retailers' laser scanners.

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Other pushes in the right direction would come from American Thomas Stockham, who would push forward 16-bit recording in the US. It's not until the start of the '80s, when Philips (after working with Sony) demonstrated what would be the standard Compact Disc -- finally going into production in 1982 -- that digital would really turn a corner and gain traction.

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