Collecting Cds Vs Vinyl

Half my buyings are cds.

Collecting cds vs vinyl.

I want to start collecting physical copies of my favorite albums and i can t decide between cds or vinyl. 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. However as music reaches the marketplace vinyl nearly always wins out over cds especially when played through the expensive equipment favored by vinylphiles. 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. A cd will never leave you with same satisfaction as a vinyl record but is is much handyer. While vinyl records in theory directly encode a smooth audio wave cds sample that. Not so fragile and you don t have to turn it every 20 minutes.

So i will keep on with both cds and vinyl. Reply londonjazzcollector on may 12 2015 at 20 36 said. Cds and vinyl records are both audio storage and playback formats based on rotating discs from different times in music history. The cd audio is digitally encoded and read by a laser while analog vinyl audio is physically read by a needle.

Reissues is a recurrent topic among vinyl junkies. The latter is especially true of vinyl produced in the 90s through the early 00s when vinyl sales were at their lowest and cds completely dominated the market. Which do you prefer and why. Well vinyl is more of a pain in the rear end to take care of and you generally don t get more than 25 minutes per side whereas a cd you can get up to 75 minutes and digital downloads well more and less if you know what i.

Since cds rely on sampling an original analog signal being recorded they do have some frequency limitations. Vinyl pressings for major label. 80 s vinyl is plentiful but still flimsy and rather bendy.