About 2 percent in 2014.
Why vinyl sounds better than cd.
For comparison listening to vinyl as opposed to digital is like viewing the mona lisa with your own eyes rather than looking at a picture of it on a smartphone.
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.
Vinyl is back no doubt about it.
Why cds may actually sound better than vinyl chris kornelis january 27 2015 james russell s mother told him that his first invention was the automated battleship he built when he was 6.
The amplifier then raises the voltage of the signal to a level powerful enough to drive your speaker.
You ll also hear vinyl enthusiasts discussing the warm sound they get from their record players.
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Sales of vinyl records have been soaring although they still represent only a tiny fraction of the music industry s revenues.
It s for this reason that vinyl sounds better than digital.
In your home stereo the cd or dvd player takes this digital recording and converts it to an analog signal which is fed to your amplifier.