It seems hit or miss. Most of my vinyl is 180 gram, I guess because it isn’t the primary means of consumption for music these days, people expect to pay a little more for better quality. But I definitely have a lot of cheaper, thinner records that I bought brand new in the last few years.
People probably kinda forgot how to cost cut when it went out of style, as the vynl market was mainly just audiophiles for a little while, and now that the market is growing again there’s more incentive to cut costs again.
It seems hit or miss. Most of my vinyl is 180 gram, I guess because it isn’t the primary means of consumption for music these days, people expect to pay a little more for better quality. But I definitely have a lot of cheaper, thinner records that I bought brand new in the last few years.
People probably kinda forgot how to cost cut when it went out of style, as the vynl market was mainly just audiophiles for a little while, and now that the market is growing again there’s more incentive to cut costs again.