Comparing compact discs cds to vinyl or gramophone records is the musical equivalent of comparing digital photography with film photography.
Decribe 3 major and minor points of vinyl vs cd.
The exception is modern vinyl pressed in the last ten years which is disappointing on 90 95 of occasions and offers little advantage over cd.
A vinyl record has a groove carved into it that mirrors the original sound s waveform.
Cds reflect exactly what the artists recorded in the studio.
Bear in mind not all modern vinyl is equal.
Cds and vinyl records are both audio storage and playback formats based on rotating discs from different times i.
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Sales of vinyl records have been soaring although they still represent only a tiny fraction of the music industry s revenues.
In your home stereo the cd or dvd player takes this digital recording and converts it to an analog signal which is fed to your amplifier.
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Vinyl is back no doubt about it.
Every now and then something surprises.
Moreover vinyl s just more fun as a format than mp3s or cds.
In listening pleasure vintage vinyl beats cd around 90 95 of the time.
There s something viscerally satisfying about dropping the needle and physically spinning the record back to rewind.
By 2014 vinyl s resurgence as a marketable product and fetish property appeared.
The amplifier then raises the voltage of the signal to a level powerful enough to drive your speaker.
Some listeners honestly feel that the defects vinyl introduces somehow make it more attractive or warmer but from any objective standpoint there s no justification in calling the sound of vinyl records better submit a question to ask the expert.
Cd vs vinyl record comparison.
A digital to analogue converter dac is then required to fill in the information missing between those snapshots joining dot to dot to form an analogue wave once again.
Being digital cds don t work with a continuous analogue wave but effectively take photographs at different points along the wave and transpose its shape into 1s and 0s.
The results may surprise you as they did us.
About 2 percent in 2014.
What music industry experts predict for the two platforms in 2017 what music industry experts predict for streaming and vinyl in 2017 screen shot 2017 03 17 at 14 06 22 png.
