Before weighing vinyl s ahem good and bad sides it helps to know how records are made.
Why is vinyl better reddit.
It s very much alive and is much more preferable than listening to music in a digital format.
That question depends entirely who you ask.
Iam a 61 yrs old woman new to the world of reddit.
This is why many records released as a single cd have to be issued as a double album on vinyl 12 inch sides typically top out around 22 minutes but albums designed for cd typically spill over.
But is it better than digital music.
Can someone tell me how it works.
Other than that no real difference.
Say on a scale from 1 to 10 it might rate as a 7 or 8.
I just got through an interesting article posted here about the reasons why vinyl sounds better despite the fact that digital files are the winners on paper.
Cd s should be able to sound as good better than vinyl but business decisions often lead that to not be the case.
If you ask me it s just like trying to figure out how you want your pizza.
I agree 100 the main reason why vinyl may sounds better than a digital format is because it may be mastered differently for vinyl.
In brief an engineer such as gonsalves receives mixed recordings from the studio or even a band s laptop.
Vinyl can give a better sound but usually it doesn t.
As long as you re using quality ingredients you re not going to be disappointed with your meal.
I actually listen to my vinyl rips more than the actual vinyl i prefer the ease of digital but many digital releases have butchered audio.
The analog format stokes the passions of many music lovers and it s an enjoyable experience.
The mastering is different between cd and vinyl often favoring vinyl for quality.
Vinyl didn t die when jimi hendrix did.
Digital audio is great at keeping a constant quality which is fairly high.
The article mentioned something about the fact that a vinyl record is creating actual mechanical energy in order to reproduce sound i won t try and quote the article any more as i don t.