Is buying music on CD, vinyl, cassette or via download best?

Shadou Dan · 07-23-2016, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Justthefacts

I prefer laser disk.

I would probably just get drunk and try to play it like an LP. Beta max is where it's at!

~~Dude111~~ · 07-23-2016, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by RJDG14

Vinyl - May give superior sound quality

Yes if its 100% analog on the record! (In the 80s it all fell apart

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RJDG14 · 07-23-2016, 09:24 AM

So you mean if it's AAA? Most modern day records will be DDA unless otherwise specified, and remastered old stuff ADA. Most digital recordings since the late 1990s have been 24 bit, so given that a CD is only 16 bit, the record could still potentially sound better. DVD audio will be better, though, since it is 24 bit.

I have several CDs that were mastered circa-2002 that sound rather crackly/distorted in places. Is this an example of over-compression?

Shadou Dan · 07-23-2016, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by RJDG14

So you mean if it's AAA? Most modern day records will be DDA unless otherwise specified, and remastered old stuff ADA. Most digital recordings since the late 1990s have been 24 bit, so given that a CD is only 16 bit, the record could still potentially sound better. DVD audio will be better, though, since it is 24 bit.

I have several CDs that were mastered circa-2002 that sound rather crackly/distorted in places. Is this an example of over-compression?

As far as sound quality goes, a newly opened vinyl played for the first time is slightly better than a CD, but of course it depends on how the album is mastered, and if it's pre 2008. According to Neil Young, new vinyl is a rip off since they are mostly recorded digitally to begin with.

RJDG14 · 07-23-2016, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadou Dan

As far as sound quality goes, a newly opened vinyl played for the first time is slightly better than a CD, but of course it depends on how the album is mastered, and if it's pre 2008. According to Neil Young, new vinyl is a rip off since they are mostly recorded digitally to begin with.

What happened in 2008? Was this when vinyl made its comeback?

Shadou Dan · 07-23-2016, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by RJDG14

What happened in 2008? Was this when vinyl made its comeback?

Yeah, I think that's when it began to increase in popularity eventually outselling CD's.

RJDG14 · 07-23-2016, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadou Dan

As far as sound quality goes, a newly opened vinyl played for the first time is slightly better than a CD, but of course it depends on how the album is mastered, and if it's pre 2008. According to Neil Young, new vinyl is a rip off since they are mostly recorded digitally to begin with.

He's probably saying that it cannot be better than his high quality Pono format.

I've seen a few records from the early 1980s that boast about being digitally recorded. Nowadays they're more likely to boast if they were analogue recorded.

Shadou Dan · 07-23-2016, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by RJDG14

He's probably saying that it cannot be better than his high quality Pono format.

I've seen a few records from the early 1980s that boast about being digitally recorded. Nowadays they're more likely to boast if they were analogue recorded.

Yeah, personal preference is also a factor. I lived near Portland Oregon in 2008, around the time emo kids became hipsters and vinyl was suddenly trendy.

The Batlord · 07-23-2016, 01:40 PM

$10 says your ears mean nothing cause the people who can tell the difference between what the **** ever aren't you.

Shadou Dan · 07-23-2016, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

$10 says your ears mean nothing cause the people who can tell the difference between what the **** ever aren't you.

And also, you have to have the good kind of autism to pinpoint every subtle difference between formats.

07-23-2016, 09:24 AM	#83 (permalink)
RJDG14 Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 157	So you mean if it's AAA? Most modern day records will be DDA unless otherwise specified, and remastered old stuff ADA. Most digital recordings since the late 1990s have been 24 bit, so given that a CD is only 16 bit, the record could still potentially sound better. DVD audio will be better, though, since it is 24 bit. I have several CDs that were mastered circa-2002 that sound rather crackly/distorted in places. Is this an example of over-compression?