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Vinyl; who's got it and how much?
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<blockquote data-quote="08mojo" data-source="post: 15950184" data-attributes="member: 132915"><p>On paper, CDs are far superior than records: they have a much lower noise floor (think of complete silence in-between track or no 'hiss' in quiet parts of songs) and they have a much higher dynamic range. There is no reason a record should sound better than CD, until you add in human influence.</p><p></p><p>On a scale of 0-100 for dynamic range with 0 being complete silence and 100 being the loudest possible, a CD can hit 0-100. CDs are recorded at higher levels of the range and the recording will only use 60-100 instead of the whole range. This was done to make an artist's song stand out on the radio--because it was louder and made you take notice. </p><p></p><p>On the same scale, a record can only hit 10-70--and records typically use that entire range. </p><p></p><p>So, while a CD should sound better, they **** it up and kill the sound. On 95% of the stereos out there, you won't notice and the CD will typically sound better than a record. Once you get into a true hifi system, the difference is very noticable. Perhaps this is why they still push to record CDs in the upper end of the range vs letting the song be recorded as the artist intended. Vinyl is still 'pure' so to speak and the sound is not compressed like it would be on a CD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="08mojo, post: 15950184, member: 132915"] On paper, CDs are far superior than records: they have a much lower noise floor (think of complete silence in-between track or no 'hiss' in quiet parts of songs) and they have a much higher dynamic range. There is no reason a record should sound better than CD, until you add in human influence. On a scale of 0-100 for dynamic range with 0 being complete silence and 100 being the loudest possible, a CD can hit 0-100. CDs are recorded at higher levels of the range and the recording will only use 60-100 instead of the whole range. This was done to make an artist's song stand out on the radio--because it was louder and made you take notice. On the same scale, a record can only hit 10-70--and records typically use that entire range. So, while a CD should sound better, they **** it up and kill the sound. On 95% of the stereos out there, you won't notice and the CD will typically sound better than a record. Once you get into a true hifi system, the difference is very noticable. Perhaps this is why they still push to record CDs in the upper end of the range vs letting the song be recorded as the artist intended. Vinyl is still 'pure' so to speak and the sound is not compressed like it would be on a CD. [/QUOTE]
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