"Music Sounds Better on Vinyl"
Reply #240 – 2012-08-16 08:46:10
...It is just kinda ironic in the face of all of the history of poorly-informed people touting the LP as sounding superior to the CD! ... I have more than a few examples of LPs that sound better* than the CDs ...but I honestly prefer digital and know that it can faithfully reproduce sound far better than vinyl. ...so I like to digitize those records and blast them in my car and on my home stereo. I also have a few records that sound like crap and/or were poorly pressed. Only once have I gotten a defective CD and it was replaced by the record label (Metropolis.) I like to play records sometimes but many people are just kidding themselves thinking that vinyl is more capable. My favorite record sounds incredibly good (it's a 2xLP gatefold,) but it actually sounds better to me digitized @ 16/44.1 because I fixed the clicks and stuff. CDs can be amazing. It's damned disheartening that most modern production is not doing the format justice and people like me have to go chase down the vinyl to hear a less headache-inducing version...and then digitize it so as not to wear out the vinyl or my needle. ...but yeah: if someone told me "that LP that you like so much was mastered from a CD" I would respond with "that's great! It sounds good." *By sound better I mean they sound far more pleasing to me and I am not at all trying to be objective. Some people might actually prefer the clipped version. IDK