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Subject: Vinyl vs CD
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usbcable 28.11.15 - 05:02pm
Which do you find better ? * +

usbcable 28.11.15 - 05:10pm
I find that CD is far superior to vinyl in most cases. The very high frequencies do not get reproduced as well on vinyl as they do on CD because the amplitude of the signal drops of gradually starting from about 16KHz. Where as a CD goes up to 20KHz before the high end drops of but steeply. This makes vinyl sound warm but lack detail where's CD sound sharp clear and detailed. * +

usbcable 28.11.15 - 05:20pm
Vinyl can have physical problems such as a bad pressing or the vinyl can be warped or the grooves not concentric. Inner groove distortion can occur and surface noise is always present.
CD can suffer defects such as the thin metallic silver layer not applied correctly with tiny holes in the metal making audible errors on the disc. Also aged CDs can have oxidised silver layer and renders the CD unplayable. * +

usbcable 28.11.15 - 05:31pm
Pops and clicks, static, dust and the potential for groove wall breakages can happen which is when you get stuck looping records. All can ruin the listening experience. Vinyl gets slowly worn out with each play. The sound is never as good as the previous play because of this. The turntable and cartridge have to be very high quality and accurately set up for tracking force and anti skate in order to minimize the wear on records. Vinyl has to be stored and handled extremely carefully without touching the grooves and it is recommended to get proper record sleeves as the paper ones scratch the discs. Records can warp over time often due to heat or not stored correctly. * +

usbcable 28.11.15 - 05:39pm
CDs can get scratched and damaged if not handled correctly. One must only touch the edges of the disc. The CD will be unplayable if the top label side gets scratched but maybe still playable if a scratch is on the playing side. The error correction can correct up to 4000 bits of corrupted data on the disc so in most cases a scratch will be Inaudible. If you scratch a record often it will be unplayable with a clicking or jumping grooves. * +

usbcable 28.11.15 - 05:50pm
The CD player is a complex digital system made up of many parts that must control the focus of the laser beam on the disc so it follows the track and reads the pits. Then complex electronics will extract the audio data from the disc and convert it to an analog signal. This comes at a cost and CD is complex in manufacture. * +

ementalm 28.11.15 - 05:55pm
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usbcable 28.11.15 - 05:59pm
The record player is a relatively simple analogue system on the other hand. The turntable rotates at a constant speed and the stylus tracks the groove and converts the undulations into analog signal. A decent turntable and cartridge can be had for a reasonable price. The stylus needs replacing about every 100 plays. So there's a cost factor there too. * +

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