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Injection-Molded Vinyls

Symcon's New Technique for Creating Vinyl Records Improves Sound Quality

— November 9, 2016 — Tech
As vinyls have regained popularity among audiophiles who are serious about the fidelity of their music, Dutch CD-manufacturing company Symcon has invented a new technique for printing records that promises even better sound. The injection-molding technology offers a host of benefits over traditional vinyl printing, including better sound, more cost efficiency and better sustainability.

Anyone who has made a commitment to the relatively high expense of vinyls (as opposed to listening to music through streaming services, for example) has likely done so because of vinyl's improved sound quality. Vinyl encodes sound waves directly from the source material, meaning that it doesn't encode the sound in any way -- whereas digital files encode sound by necessity.

Symcon's injection-molding technique copies the aural information even more directly than traditional methods by injecting plastic directly onto the record stamper, rather than pushing it in at an angle.
Trend Themes
1. Injection-molded Vinyls - The use of injection-molding technology to print vinyl records creates an opportunity to improve sound quality, cost efficiency and sustainability.
2. Improved Vinyl Sound Quality - Innovative vinyl printing methods like Symcon's injection-molding technique offer the potential for a pure sound that is directly copied from the source material with no encoding or interference.
3. Vinyl Renaissance - Vinyls have regained popularity among audiophiles, creating a growing trend for businesses to innovate and improve vinyl record printing techniques.
Industry Implications
1. Music Industry - New vinyl printing technologies like injection-molding can offer an opportunity for the music industry to increase vinyl production efficiency and sound quality.
2. Manufacturing Industry - The use of injection-molding technology in vinyl printing can create opportunities for sustainability and cost efficiency within the manufacturing industry.
3. Consumer Electronics Industry - The resurgence in vinyl popularity can create opportunities for businesses in the consumer electronics industry to innovate and improve products that play vinyl records.
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