Skeptoid: Digital vs Vinyl
Reply #64 –
I feel a sense of regret that the CD came along when it did. We were starting to make great strides in the science of vinyl reproduction - a deeper understanding of the physics in all areas from mastering to turntable design. What would the state of the art have become if vinyl had reigned another 10 years? And when a digital system finally did come along, it would almost certainly have a higher bit depth and sample rate. It might not even have been a disc - Soundstream prototyped a system with index-card sized media made of photographic film, with the bits recorded photographically, read by shining the laser through it. It would certainly have been cheaper to duplicate and easier to store.