This is why i think vinyl sounds warmer than cd.
Vinyl vs cd dj.
Digital music is recorded at far higher sample rates than that.
If i ever want to trade in or sell my vinyl i can be pretty certain i ll get more for it than a cd version of the same album.
Every now and then something surprises.
So digital dj s could potentially buy ten tracks for the same price as a vinyl dj buys one record.
Vinyl is considered better because it plays back in real time rather than clusters of data.
Ljc verdict in listening pleasure vintage vinyl beats cd around 90 95 of the time.
The cd audio is digitally encoded and read by a laser while analog vinyl audio is physically read by a needle.
Though cd s sample rate is high and we re all well aware how good they sound the idea of its being converted once into digital and then back to analogue losing and approximating information seems to infer it will always be inferior to vinyl.
But i m sticking with vinyl.
Original sound is analog by definition.
Take a look at the graph below.
Comparing compact discs cds to vinyl or gramophone records is the musical equivalent of comparing digital photography with film photography.
Cd s are a dying format while vinyl sales are on the rise.
So science tells me cd s and vinyl are virtually the same sound quality wise.
Cds are still produced to 44 1 khz 16 bit standard which in many respects rather crude.
A vinyl record is an analog recording and cds and dvds are digital recordings.
Vinyl vs cd.
It wasn t long before vinyl recordings of the same content often had better sound quality at normal listening volumes simply because they had higher dynamic range.
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.
One of the biggest deciding factors between vinyl vs digital will be the cost.
Cds and vinyl records are both audio storage and playback formats based on rotating discs from different times in music history.
Maybe it was coincidence but vinyl began its resurgence at around the same time as recordings started this trend.
Unfortunately a single vinyl record will cost you around eight to ten times more than a digital download.