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CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl

No comparison, CD always sounds so cold and gritty. Vinyl is so much warmer, smoother and has better imaging and much greater depth of sound. It’s like watching the world go by through a dirty window pane when listening to a CD. Put the same LP on the turntable and Voila! Everything takes on more vibrancy, fullness and texture. 
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geoffkait
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You apparently don’t know how digital works. Digital has the potential for much higher dynamic range and much higher signal to noise ratio than analog can ever have. If you like your music compressed and noisy more power to you.
bsmg
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Professor, please explain to me how chopping up the sound and missing parts of it is the same as not doing so. I must be confused.
bsmg
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I know exactly how digital works. Dynamic range and signal to noise ratio are specifications that are enhanced in the digital format. You place too much significance on specs. Trust your ears; they're not digital.
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geoffkait
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Yes, you’re confused. Digital is a near perfect facsimile of the original waveform. It is not chopping up the sound, as you say. The problem with digital is not (rpt not) the recording or mastering for CDs. The real problem is the *playback machine*. If that problem is removed, voila! Perfect sound! 🤗
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Your ears are not analog or digital. But your brain is quantum mechanical.
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