Collecting Cds Vs Vinyl

The cd audio is digitally encoded and read by a laser while analog vinyl audio is physically read by a needle.

Collecting cds vs vinyl.

A cd will never leave you with same satisfaction as a vinyl record but is is much handyer. I want to start collecting physical copies of my favorite albums and i can t decide between cds or vinyl. Since cds rely on sampling an original analog signal being recorded they do have some frequency limitations. Not so fragile and you don t have to turn it every 20 minutes.

Maybe it doesn t sound quite as full as a vinyl but on the other hand you don t have any noise. 80 s vinyl is plentiful but still flimsy and rather bendy. So i will keep on with both cds and vinyl. However as music reaches the marketplace vinyl nearly always wins out over cds especially when played through the expensive equipment favored by vinylphiles.

On the other hand there. Collecting cds articles a beginner s guide to classical music music periods music styles collecting classical compact discs boxed sets glenn gould classical music for children faced with 30 different recordings of the four. This article hopes to outline a few points which can help you along in your crate digging adventures. There are many albums where the vinyl sounds better than the cd issue or no cd has ever been issued or the cd is just taken from the vinyl anyway obviously in those cases the vinyl is the way to go.

0 comments share save hide report 100 upvoted log in or sign up to leave a comment log in. Half my buyings are cds. While vinyl records in theory directly encode a smooth audio wave cds sample that. Vinyl pressings for major label.

Reply londonjazzcollector on may 12 2015 at 20 36 said. Reissues is a recurrent topic among vinyl junkies. Cds and vinyl records are both audio storage and playback formats based on rotating discs from different times in music history.