Records v's CD's?

Question

Anyone miss vinal? They had a distinctive sound and feel to them and with a decent turntable and styli, were just as good if not better then cd's

Answer 1

In many ways I DO miss vinyl... there is little that is reproduced using this format these days.


I recall - as a DJ contemplating the move away from valve amplifiers too!!

It's not that i am that old, but that the valve amps - although a much older technology and infinitely more fragile than transistors - had more ooomph (hard to quantify I know, unless you have soooul). The sound was brighter and the overall sound was much richer. This was whilst still playing vinyl.

Now DJs turn up at a gig with little more than a couple of IPods and a digital mixer amp and some speakers.

So even CDs are being superseded.

But these new ..mp3s or .aac files have deliberately cut down on - or just done away with - many of the subtle harmonics that the coders have decided the human ear cannot detect. But with all of these people noticing a difference...... maybe there is something about the range of human hearing that we don't yet fully gasp......

Answer 2

I don't miss it (vinyl), because I still have plenty of it, and my collection is still increasing. But the vinyl days were it seems better.

I know a person who had a complete Elvis collection on vinyl and did away with it to swap it for CD's and regretted it after a week because the sound was worse!

Long live VINYL !! Put the needle on the record....

Answer 3

The sound quality is different, if the original recording was well made. Like listening to the radio on a valve set...
No, I don't miss them, they were too fragile. There are new digital systems being developed to mimic the harmonics a previous poster mentioned; I think eventually they'll be good enough to fool most of us.
I loathe MP3's and wouldn't bother with them if you paid me, its cd quality or nothing!

Answer 4

Vinyl everytime!!!! so what if u can have 10 cd's in a changer thingy or hundreds on a mp3? u press one button and away u go.....boring boring boring....having to leaf through ur records, looking touching and choosing is just as good as listening to ur fave tune and adds to the pleasure of music by 100% long live the V!

Answer 5

Hubby and I have a massice vinyl collection (well, most of them are his) and I love the crackle and hiss when you put an LP on. I suppose it's nostalgia as I grew up before CDs were widely available, but they are so evocative and extremely tactile. Remember how exciting it was to buy a 12" and bring it home on the bus, clutching it to your knees! While CDs are good quality, they are soulless and clinical.

Answer 6

Vinyl,(corrected spelling) When played for the first time (only refers to the 78 size,was actually BETTER sounding than cd's.I am in my 40's and had 8 tracks,reel to reel, cassettes,45's.I believe one could notice a better bass beat

Answer 7

i dont miss vinyl cause i still buy it ..CD are crap in comparisam ...vinyl is so sexy.and its lovely putting the needle in to the groves ....whats so good about cds you cant put a penny on top of the laser to stop it jumping..and dont even get me going with those stupid mp3 players yuk

Answer 8

there was better artwork and a certain feeling that went with vinyl digital sound is amazing tho

Answer 9

CDs?
Are they the shiny discs before we had MP3 and AAC

Answer 10

Yeah they were better..so I have been told.....but are dead fragile..easily scratched