Not everyone buys into the digital file, it's convenient for some sure... but a bit unnatural to the real record collectors/lovers.
People need to figure out whether they love/sell music or whether they love/sell vinyl.

If Kodak had insisted that they were in the business of selling photographic film they would be out of business by now.
Instead they identified that they were in the business of enabling people to capture images. Digital was just a natural development for them, and was adopted fairly painlessly as a natural progression of the industry that they were in.

Digital photos were regarded with extreme scepticism for aeons, and people will still testify to the superior quality of film, but digital is a big market and consumers want it. Whilst it might initially appear "unnatural" its a dangerous move to ignore it.

This isn't a new phenomenon man.
My point about trusted channels is more to do with entry costs. Yes, djs and labels are hardly new - but not everyone could put out a record 10 years ago. Now everyone with a broadband connection, a few mates and some cracked software can start up a new label featuring new artists and distribute their work through an online record shop. All at very little to no cost.

This isn't unique to music. Webzines & blogs are proliferating at an astonishing rate. Online radio stations and podcasts eclipse established radio channels. And with so much more media and content about consumers are increasingly more reliant on someone to cherry pick the good stuff for them. Good news for labels, djs etc - they are becoming more important because there is more content about now than there has ever been before. And as about a thousand people have complained before - 90% of it is all shite.