somebody told me this and i don't know if i believe it or not. to me they sound different, but i dont know if there are any objective reasons why vinyl would sound better. answers based on personal opnion and fact are both welcome.
2007-03-04 03:42:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Techinically vinyl has a better sound quality due to the fact that vinyl is an analog reproduction of the sound form, thus there is no loss of data. CD's are a digital format and by the very nature of digital formats they must lose data when being used as a recording medium. There are exceptions of course such as recordings of digital instruments and such, but things like the human voice or most instruments are analog. Digital thinks only in ones and zeros, on or off. CD's sample an analog wave form 44,100 times a second. That is certainly a lot, but it is still missing information. DVD audio and super audio cd's sample even more times a second, however no matter how many times a second you sample something there will always be SOME loss of data. Eventually we will get to the point where even trained ears will not be able to notice the miniscule amount of data lost.
One problem with vinyl though is that the sound quality will eventually be lost due to wear and tear.
2007-03-04 03:54:49 · answer #1 · answered by Cory R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
different, yes, Better, I dont think so. As someone who grew up on vinyl, I can tell you there is maybe a different "presence" about vinyl recordings, They seemed to have a good sound on the old style amplifiers and speakers that are made differently now. I always buy old amplifiers and speakers that are still working well, at thrift stores and such, just because they have in my opinion, a better sound than these 6 and 7 channel things they have these days. In fact I have have my computer sound card plugged into an old J.V.C. 280 watt reciever with some old radio shack speakers with 14 inch woofers with radial horns for mid and high. These were pretty nice in their day, and still sound great! I still have about 400 albums from the days when thats what you could buy, and a pretty decent turntable, and I listen to a few select albums occasionaly, and they do have a 'Livlier' sound than c.d.s but I really like not having to listen to scratchy and noisy records. If you can play a record album at a pretty loud level. and have a couple of beers in you to reduce the "pickiness" level. then records still sound great. I think the recording level, and the way a turntable's impedance is inputed into your amplifier, is different than the "line level" pre-amplification, of a c.d. player, too. Thats why there was always a dedicated turntable input on those older amps. They are made to sound diffferent than line level inputs.
2007-03-04 04:05:19 · answer #2 · answered by Big hands Big feet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I hate to say it, but I think CDs have better sound quality. I grew up in the vinyl era, and unless you treated your vinyl albums like precious jewels they would always develop popping and hiss, and of course scratches and skips right in the middle of your favorite song. And unless you had expensive audiophile equipment they always managed to sound tinny and shallow. Then cassettes were the big thing, and how many favorite albums got lost when an angry tape player ate them? Then CDs came along, and back in the day we were amazed at the great sound quality and the fact that they were practically indestructible.
When someone tells you that vinyl albums are better than CDs, I think they're, well, sort of clinging to the past.
2007-03-04 03:49:47 · answer #3 · answered by Nightlight 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, no, no they do not sound better than CD's. I listened to them for years and when CD's came along I was blown away. The most important thing, anyway, is the sound system. A CD on a crappy car CD player will sound crappy. A CD on a really good sound system will be better than vinyl hooked into the same system. Vinyl lovers believe that there's a depth to the sound that CD's can't deliver. Bosh!
2007-03-04 03:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by Holly R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I grew up on vinyl and stoically fought the CD revolution when it hit the market. My husband finally went out and bought my favorite album on disc and had me listen to it....no comparison. I heard notes and musical layers that I didn't even know were in the song!
2007-03-04 03:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by LolaCorolla 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so. Take out the scratches of course. The needle is actually touching the grooves of the record whereas the laser on a CD player is not, in a sense, touching the CD.
2007-03-04 03:47:05 · answer #6 · answered by Splitters 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the old people's tale, sort of "they don't make them any more like they used to..." whine, but it's totally false, of course. And having spent about 28-29 years working in music - recording and performing and such - I think I can tell the difference.
2007-03-04 04:04:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes they are higher quality. but too much noise from the record itself
2007-03-04 03:47:03 · answer #8 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋