Lin analyzes the situation for collectors of old platters: When vinyl records arrived on the scene in the late 1950s, old records fell out of favor, and as people moved or renovated their houses, a lot of 78s were thrown out and ended up in the hands of second-hand dealers.
林太崴分析收藏老唱片的困難處：二次世界大戰結束後，日本人倉促離台，曾留下大量留聲機和唱片，許多台灣人開始經營二手唱片生意。然而，1950 年代後期黑膠唱片時代來臨，許多老唱片頓時失寵，隨著換厝、搬家而被原主拋出，流到舊貨商手中。