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Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Technically CD quality digital is superior, but the recording and mixing can have a lot to do with it. For example, it could be that an decades old Dark Side Of The Moon on vinyl (played on proper equipment) could sound better than a modern remastered CD with maximized loudness (See the "loudness wars").

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not impossible, although the loudness wars are pretty much over nowadays. All major music services and players have volume normalisation, many by default, so there's not much point to it any longer.

Also it's pretty tough to find a decades old record still in mint condition, and the sound quality of vinyl gets worse every time you play it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

and the sound quality of vinyl gets worse every time you play it.

If you handle them correctly, it will not happen to any noticeable degree in any of our lifetimes or the following generations. It is durable material.