Some albums really work on vinyl, ‘Aja’, ‘Breakfast in America’, but a lot of modern music is better on digital, IME. To be honest it’s not a hill I would die on, as long as I can listen to new music at decent fidelity that’s fine.
Agreed, KoB on vinyl seems to outperform the CD version I have but there are so many variables. Conversely the Louis & Ella duet albums sound great on CD. Great music transcends format every time.Vinyl records produced from the original analogue master-tapes or at least re-mastered from them, will normally sound ultimately better than those produced from digital sources.
Played back on a good TT, analogue sources will normally always outperform digital.
However a good CD player can still make CD’s sound very musical, engaging and enjoyable.
As indeed can Hi-Res streaming systems.
Go with what source you prefer on a given day or given time of day.
I personally think that a well recorded from analogue 45 single vinyl record can sound amazing. Pretty inconvenient to play too many of them in a row unless you fancy a work out a5 the same time though.
Let’s all enjoy the music...
Pretty much most of my music on vinyl never went near digital.
I did say most…That's cool if you don't want to listen to anything recorded since about 1988. That's a valid choice.
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Digital might sound impressive but it's not a natural sound imho. And one doesn't need to spend silly money on a turntable to show up it's limitations.
Digital today is fully competetive with best analogue - and then some.Vinyl records produced from the original analogue master-tapes or at least re-mastered from them, will normally sound ultimately better than those produced from digital sources.
Played back on a good TT, analogue sources will normally always outperform digital.
However a good CD player can still make CD’s sound very musical, engaging and enjoyable.
As indeed can Hi-Res streaming systems.
Go with what source you prefer on a given day or given time of day.
I personally think that a well recorded from analogue 45 single vinyl record can sound amazing. Pretty inconvenient to play too many of them in a row unless you fancy a work out a5 the same time though.
Let’s all enjoy the music...
Digital today is fully competetive with best analogue - and then some.
This is from someone who still listens to 8-track...
Vinyl is capable of a higher quality than most people have heard from it. Those who say digital competes or is better probably have never heard vinyl at its best, whereas digital is nearly always very near its best. I'm glad that companies like Linn are continuing to develop new equipment for vinyl. The standard of vinyl playback is still rising fast.
I for one will most certainly not give them any further thought..
Digital today is fully competitive with best analogue - and then some.
Quite the opposite today. $100 DAC out of an iPad is stunning...$100 TT, not so much.Na, I don't know that I agree either. Don't get me wrong, good digital is very good, no argument about that, but a good turntable can do things it's tricky for digital to replicate. More importantly, vinyl has an inherently musical sound. You can buy a relatively cheap turntable which is very musically involving and satisfying but getting digital to sound really nice usually takes effort.
Who knows?I’m guessing, but I suspect we have a very different idea of ‘stunning’
Quite the opposite today. $100 DAC out of an iPad is stunning...
Who knows?
I currently run 8 turntables with about 30 carts and 4 DACs. Perhaps this gives me a different perspective.
I have long stopped trying to answer questions like one above.Sounds like you have difficulty making a decision on which perspective you prefer?