Will vinyl records replace CDs and MP3s and turntables replace CD players?
Snoopy asked:
Are vinyl records enthusiasts opposed to technology?
Will all music and stores like Borders start selling vinyl? The Borders I go to doesn’t have room. Will vinyl surpass/become dominant over CDs?
Are vinyl records enthusiasts opposed to technology?
Will all music and stores like Borders start selling vinyl? The Borders I go to doesn’t have room. Will vinyl surpass/become dominant over CDs?
im not really sure. they might just be collectors. my dad has like a hundred records in the attic (theyre probably melting in their sleeves right now…) and he actually wants a turntable that can take the records and put them on the computer as mp3 files. so no is what i think.
No. If they were opposed to technology, they wouldn’t even be using a record player. Maybe they just don’t have the desperate need for the newest toys that you apparently have. Vinyl is doing a minor comeback at the moment mostly with independent labels with small production runs. Vinyl will not be replacing CD’s or MP3′s any time soon, or ever. A CD may be technically superior to vinyl and never wear out when played, but some people prefer the vinyl anyway. Some of these people claim to be able to hear the difference and insist vinyl sounds better. Why would you assume people who prefer vinyl would be opposed to technology? What is the basis for your reasoning?
Vinyl records will not replace CD’s and MP3′s. They will co-exist with them.
Turntables will not replace CD Players. Many Audiophiles
( including me ) prefer the sound of vinyl to CDs
When CD was first launched,back in 1982, the advertising blurb was : “Perfect Sound Forever” Well, it is not perfect sound and they do not last forever. ( some have already disintegrated ) It was supposed to be the death of vinyl. That did not happen. Some people think vinyl has made a comeback. The truth is ,it never went away in the first place.
Digital does not always imply better sound quality in the case of a music playback system. The very fact that the signal has to be converted to zero’s and ones and reconverted back to analogue without adding or subtracting any information is open to doubt. Digital to Analogue Converters are not all the same.
CD has had at least 25 years to improve itself. Nothing has happened. Analogue on the other hand remains the same with little or no change. There is definitely a sound difference between the two.The majority of people have never listened to a vinyl record played back with a top quality Turntable, Tonearm and Phono Cartridge. If they did ,they would be truly amazed at the quality of the sound.
It is very hard to put into words the sound made by digital and analogue. However this is what i believe.
CD “sound” is bright and steely with a narrow front to back sound stage. You can hear the “silence” between the notes. The CD has a wider dynamic range between loud and soft passages of music. CD has a quieter background. CD’S upper frequency range stops abruptly at 20K.
Vinyl “sound” is soft, sweet and warm with a deeper front to back sound stage. Some people think the sound is “mellow”.This is not so. if you have an accurate vinyl playback system, the sound is not mellow.There is more “air”around the instruments. Vinyl has a less wide dynamic range meaning the quiet sections are easy to hear, and the loud sections are not overbearing. Vinyl has a more extended frequency range which ,although inaudible, adds extra “sheen” to the high frequencies of the music.
Vinyl record enthusiasts are not opposed to technology. They are only opposed to an inferior music playback system
which technology created.