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Old 2008-02-23, 04:15 PM
FalloutBoy FalloutBoy is offline
 
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Re: Vinyl records vs. Cds.

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Originally Posted by jameskg View Post
meh..

perfect cd in perfect cd player will always lose to perfect vinyl on perfect turntable when played back through the same amp & speakers.
Can you explain why the cd would lose to the vinyl?

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Originally Posted by sleepless View Post
Although I prefer Vinyl over digital, I have my own very unscientific reasons for justifying:

1. Speakers are analog
2. Vinyl is analog...seems a natural match
That doesn't really make any sense. And the signal coming out of D/A-converter is also 100% analog.

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3. Vinyl has a "warmth" that is missing in digital. I can't really can't define warmth, but it is a obvious difference that I hear.
4. It is the same difference between using tube amps vs. solid state, you lose something when you take those little lit-up, heat producing tubes out of the equation.
In both cases it's not really a case of losing or missing something. The warmth (harmonic distortion) is actually added by vinyl and tube amps.
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