#Coheed The Afterman: Ascension on #CD and #Vinyl. Amazing album. Love everything about it! Can’t wait for Part 2! (Taken with Instagram)
I have honestly never heard a vinyl that ACTUALLY sounded better…
The problem with vinyl is, it’s a compressed format, contrary to popular belief. By pressing the music onto a vinyl, the format is becoming compressed in order to be written. The LP lacks the dynamics and layering that can be achieved via a clean digital recording. Another issue is the actual medium it is played. Vinyl records wear over time, due to the physical contact with the player (much like cassettes). The more you play the record, the more the sound quality will decrease over time. Not to mention changes in humidity and temperature, and let’s face it, I don’t think any of you guys have a specialized wine cellar style room to store your records in… As long as you don’t actually destroy the CD, there is no physical contact besides a laser interpreting a digital code. Therefore, a CD will sound just as good in 10 years as it does today, provided you don’t leave them laying around to get damaged or scratched. The “warmness” of a vinyl has nothing to do with the actual record. It’s the way a needle passes over the grooves, causing the record to vibrate. In fact, that “warmness” is actually a deficiency of the record player. Now, if you prefer the “warm” sound, that’s a matter of opinion. That doesn’t mean that the record physically sounds better than a digital signal. In order for a record to ACTUALLY compete with a CD, you’d need to own a seriously incredible set up, with unbelievable speakers and a cartridge that runs a couple thousands of dollars. You would also need to be playing records that are pressed very cleanly to a heavy LP, ie 180 grams.Then it could be argued that vinyl physically sounds just as good, if not better.
Preference on the other hand, is a matter of opinion. People can rave over vinyl all they want, and they’re allowed to. I think vinyl is actually very cool, and anything that gets people to go out, become excited for music and buy it again is good in my books! However, I know that if I were to collect vinyl, it would be to display in frames on my wall for the art work more-so than to actually listen to it.
PS: The greatest sounding piece of music I own is Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon,” on a Blu-Ray disc…
My CD/Blu-Ray/DVD can’t even fit into one picture anymore #CD #DVD #BluRay #Collection (Taken with instagram)
