Why Nothing Sounds As Good As Vinyl

Glow in the dark vinyl for example is usually noisy.

Why nothing sounds as good as vinyl.

Why vinyl sounds better than cd. Why cds may actually sound better than vinyl chris kornelis january 27 2015 james russell s mother told him that his first invention was the automated battleship he built when he was 6. The resurgence of vinyl as a high fidelity music playback medium is becoming more and more recognized in popular culture. A vinyl record is an analog recording and cds and dvds are digital recordings.

There are built in problems with using vinyl as a data encoding mechanisms that have no cd equivalent. I own a couple of split colour records were you can hear a slight but audible increase in background hiss as the stylus passes from one colour to the next but it s minor and really only. Budget and good system matching are obvious influences on how both your cds and vinyl will sound but maybe even more so with the latter it s the little things that count. This phenomenon isn t new the anti digital audio movement was alive and well.

Original sound is analog by definition. On a theoretical level there s just no reason it should be the case that vinyl sounds better. Setting a turntable up properly for a start setting the correct tracking weight making sure it s level having the correct cartridge and good support is paramount. Coloured vinyl can sound as good as regular black in my opinion there are exceptions to this rule though.

A few exceptions exist. Vinyl s capable of a lot but only if the grooves are wide enough for the needle to. Cds are not affected by surface noise because they use light beams to read the musical data which ignore any foreign substance on the disc. Besides that vinyl records have an underlying hiss generated by the needle moving over the surface.

The answer lies in the difference between analog and digital recordings. Take a look at the graph below. Hipsters and true audiophiles alike are quickly starting a new age vinylphile scene largely because of a small but noisy backlash against digitally distributed music. Clear vinyl picture discs and glow in the dark pressings are more susceptible to poor playback.

Lots of audiophiles say that when it comes to sound quality nothing beats vinyl.