Describe differences in LP playback vs CD playback

[Haselsh1]

I cannot say that one sounds better than the other, they both sound quite different to each other. I always have a preference for one over the other but that is totally dependent on my mood. They both sound stunning in the dark. Today I prefer vinyl but tomorrow I may not. To answer the question though, I don't care how they sound different I am just pleased that they do as it opens up even more possibilities.

[Macca]

Vinyl: Crunchy peanut butter

CD: Smooth peanut butter

This is the silliest cd vs vinyl thread yet. Are there more to come?

[Bigman80]

Vinyl: Crunchy peanut butter

CD: Smooth peanut butter

This is the silliest cd vs vinyl thread yet. Are there more to come?

I like crunchy peanut butter the best. Lol

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[Nickfna]

CD: the wife
LP: the mistress

[Clive]

CDs reach the head

Records reach the heart

[Macca]

Vinyl: Star Wars Episode Four: A New Hope

CD: Star Wars Episode Five: The Empire Strikes Back

Vinyl: Citroen 2cv

CD: Renault 4

Let's do British Leyland

Vinyl: Morris Marina

CD: Morris Ital

[Dynamics]

Having a deck and vinyl is like being sentimental and buying an old classic car at quite a cost but possibly not having the tools and parts when they become obsolete (akin to a possible downturn in vinyl sales) with the opposite of cd (with downloads and streaming in conjunction) is like buying a better performing modern new car for less money and where you can get the parts and future ancillaries for it and where you know it won't become obsolete quickly.

That's why I don't quite get the advantage of vinyl and record decks as being seen by some as crucial to enjoyment of audiophile music, particularly when there are only so many old releases of music you can get on vinyl and new ones too of course, but where primarily my choice around owning an album is for the sake of the music where CDs and downloads and streaming more than tick that box. In addition to all the convenience features and playlists of digital music.

I appreciate this won't probably be popular but rather than spending money on a deck, cables, phono stage, I'd rather add that to other upgrades, be in the modern world, and listen to digital hugely available content.

[RobbieGong]

CD has made me go 'Wow! I like that'
Vinyl has made my jaw drop and think this is just awesome!

[paulf-2007]

Having a deck and vinyl is like being sentimental and buying an old classic car at quite a cost but possibly not having the tools and parts when they become obsolete (akin to a possible downturn in vinyl sales) with the opposite of cd (with downloads and streaming in conjunction) is like buying a better performing modern new car for less money and where you can get the parts and future ancillaries for it and where you know it won't become obsolete quickly.

That's why I don't quite get the advantage of vinyl and record decks as being seen by some as crucial to enjoyment of audiophile music, particularly when there are only so many old releases of music you can get on vinyl and new ones too of course, but where primarily my choice around owning an album is for the sake of the music where CDs and downloads and streaming more than tick that box. In addition to all the convenience features and playlists of digital music.

I appreciate this won't probably be popular but rather than spending money on a deck, cables, phono stage, I'd rather add that to other upgrades, be in the modern world, and listen to digital hugely available content.

Streaming and downloads have no soul. Other upgrades? Like cables?

[magiccarpetride]

Having a deck and vinyl is like being sentimental and buying an old classic car at quite a cost but possibly not having the tools and parts when they become obsolete (akin to a possible downturn in vinyl sales) with the opposite of cd (with downloads and streaming in conjunction) is like buying a better performing modern new car for less money and where you can get the parts and future ancillaries for it and where you know it won't become obsolete quickly.

That's why I don't quite get the advantage of vinyl and record decks as being seen by some as crucial to enjoyment of audiophile music, particularly when there are only so many old releases of music you can get on vinyl and new ones too of course, but where primarily my choice around owning an album is for the sake of the music where CDs and downloads and streaming more than tick that box. In addition to all the convenience features and playlists of digital music.

I appreciate this won't probably be popular but rather than spending money on a deck, cables, phono stage, I'd rather add that to other upgrades, be in the modern world, and listen to digital hugely available content.

My problem with CDs (and other digital artefacts) is that they are being marketed/sold to the populace as the final frontier. Sort of like 'finally, now we all have access to the entire content, to our entire cultural heritage! It's just a two, maximum three google clicks away."

Well, I'm calling baloney on that. The way I see it, digitized content is merely a tip of the iceberg. There is an enormous body of content invisible to google. This content has never been digitized (nor will it ever be). The only time publishing houses choose to digitize some heritage content is if the digitization/packaging/marketing and distribution can be proven to be commercially viable.

That leaves a huge bottom of the pyramid in the digital darkness.

I go to my local record stores and I find tons of amazing LPs that are virtually unobtainable on google. They will never become obtainable for the above mentioned reasons.

Furthermore, even the ones that are obtainable, have been mostly extremely poorly digitized. To the point of 'why bother?' Incompetent people have proven to be phenomenally good at delivering botched CDs, hi rez formats, etc. Just because it's a no brainer to push a button and transfer analog signal to digital, doesn't mean the job is done and you can now go home. But that's how they treat it, and are allowed to get away with murder.

That's why I made a comeback to LPs -- realized that most of the precious, fulfilling content still remains buried in the pile of old used LPs.