Comparing compact discs cds to vinyl or gramophone records is the musical equivalent of comparing digital photography with film photography.
Difference between vinyl and cd sound.
The difference between the loudest and softest sounds an lp can play is about 70 decibels db.
The cd versus vinyl debate and by extension the debate over digital versus analog sound has only grown.
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In this video you can hear the real difference between a cd and a vinyl.
Much of whether cd or vinyl sounds better will relate to your system the quality of your source and personal preference but there s reason there remains space and demand for both to exist in this era of ever improving streaming services and hi res downloads.
Cds can handle over 90 db.
Having a proper sound system to play your cds or vinyl records through greatly affects the quality.
But my guess is that the vinyl sound will be preserved in the hq digital file so the sound difference between vinyl and cd is not primarily a question of analog vs digital.
Cd vs vinyl record comparison.
For doing this test i recorded the same song three times with this gear.
I apologize if this question has been asked already but i am very new to the subject of high end audio.
By 2014 vinyl s resurgence as a marketable product and fetish property appeared.
Cds and vinyl records are both audio storage and playback formats based on rotating discs from different times i.
For me it s very hard to imagine a better version of kob than the 1997 columbia legacy cd.
The only conceivable improvement would be to serve it in an original lp sleeve.