Why Vinyl Records Sound Better

The answer lies in the difference between analog and digital recordings.

Why vinyl records sound better.

However that s not to say there aren t advantages to digital music. Comparison of a raw analog audio signal to the cd audio and dvd audio output. Vinyl is one of the best ways to listen to music. In brief an engineer such as gonsalves receives mixed recordings from the studio or even a band s laptop.

To many the superior sound quality and physical collection are enough to justify the investment. Ask them why and they all say the sound comes first and i agree. Vinyl is back no doubt about it. Records aren t exactly known for their portability for example.

There s very little compression so the loudest parts of those sounds often. Does vinyl reproduce sound better or is it just. A vinyl record is an analog recording and cds and dvds are digital recordings. Best turntables under 300.

Sales of vinyl records have been soaring although they still represent only a tiny fraction of the music industry s revenues. Before weighing vinyl s ahem good and bad sides it helps to know how records are made. There s another far superior reason why vinyl is better than lossy digital formats. By clint holley well made music it has become clear in the past five years that consumers love vinyl records.

Why vinyl sounds better than cd or not according to rolling stone magazine sales of vinyl albums continue to grow setting a new record in 2010. About 2 percent in 2014. Vinyl for the most part avoided the loudness war with the rise of digital music cds included it s possible to make a track sound louder than it naturally should. Take a look at the graph below.

That s why snare drums cymbal splashes and other loud instruments have so much more punch in vinyl recordings. The problem here is that it had a tremendous result on the audio quality. Music sounds better played on a good turntable than it does from files or cds.