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Re: CDs to be abandoned by major labels in 2012
11/12/11 04:29 AM
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> ... furthermore, no digital playback format I've
> experienced has yet trumped the simple, grooved vinyl record when cared for properly.
> You can sample a tone 80 million times per second, it still has rough edges - similar
> to how a computer can never draw a perfect circle. It will always have anti-aliased,
> slightly jagged edges. Cymbal crashes are just too chaotic a sound for a computer to
> replicate properly.
LPs have high frequency tracking problems, pops, clicks, and inner groove distortion. As the stylus tracks a smaller radius, there is more distortion due to not physically being able to fit all of the recorded information there. My personal feeling is that people who think LPs sound better than (properly mastered) CDs are used to this distortion. Since it is not on CDs, they sound sterile to them. It has always pissed me off that even brand new LPs were warped, had surface noise, pops, clicks, etc. But I do agree that a decent pressing of an LP can sound very good too.
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