The objective truth is that vinyl does sound better but only if album you re listening to was recorded mixed and mastered on analog gear.
Does vinyl sound better reddit.
The mastering is different between cd and vinyl often favoring vinyl for quality.
There s very little compression so the loudest parts of those sounds often.
Bye bye vinyl then came 10 years of crappy mp3 s.
Which followed by 10 years of much better mp3 s but now everyone had crappy ear buds and tiny computer speakers.
Depends on the source and all the other components.
No but also yes and it is different anyway.
In brief an engineer such as gonsalves receives mixed recordings from the studio or even a band s laptop.
For 500 u can get a vinyl set up that will sound better than 320 kbps mp3 thru a 500 system with dac.
Listening to the first cd.
Vinyl can still push music to the limits of its dynamic range 55 70db but it often shies away from doing so in order to maintain sound quality.
Yeah i remember that.
Did the album touch a computer at some point in production.
About 2 percent in 2014.
Horrible mp3s thru a 10 000 dac and 100 000 system will still sound horrible.
Analog listening is similar to film.
I actually listen to my vinyl rips more than the actual vinyl i prefer the ease of digital but many digital releases have butchered audio.
Sales of vinyl records have been soaring although they still represent only a tiny fraction of the music industry s revenues.
Cd s should be able to sound as good better than vinyl but business decisions often lead that to not be the case.
Similarly if you are investing in vinyl you are probably investing in good speakers amps etc.
That s why snare drums cymbal splashes and other loud instruments have so much more punch in vinyl recordings.
Vinyl is back no doubt about it.
In which case yes it does sound better than low grade mp3s through tinny laptop speakers.