Old Recordings Sound Better On Vinyl Than New Recordings

For old stuff absolutely katz says.

Old recordings sound better on vinyl than new recordings.

Sales of vinyl records have been soaring although they still represent only a tiny fraction of the music industry s revenues. Back in the day making records was an industrial process with millions and millions of records. About 2 percent in 2014. Rca records branded these as dynaflex citing innovation in vinyl production.

In fact simply because vinyl was kept alive primarily by audiophiles we saw more audiophile records being made. Even as a kid i always took care of my records and while there are occasional noises clicks and pops some of my old records sound better to my ears than cds. The center labels were removed from old records and the vinyl was then melted down and reused. In brief an engineer such as gonsalves receives mixed recordings from the studio or even a band s laptop.

To get rich sound you d need to put no more than 17. The original was recorded digitally and never went to analog tapes. The table below lists the sampling rate and the accuracy for cd recordings and the maximum sampling rate and accuracy for dvd recordings. Many new vinyl record releases tout their selling feature of being pressed on 180 gram vinyl.

Are 180 gram vinyl records inherently better than standard pressings. Dvds can hold 74 minutes of music at their highest quality level. Bits of paper were sometimes embedded in and around the edges of these wobbly new platters. If you re buying new music there s no point to buying vinyl.

Vinyl is back no doubt about it. These audiophile grade albums demand high prices at record stores. The recording industry has a new standard for dvd audio discs that will greatly improve the sound quality. Records made today can sound better.

Before weighing vinyl s ahem good and bad sides it helps to know how records are made. Rather than using only virgin vinyl they now began adding recycled scraps. We explain the benefits of 180 gram vinyl to see if they are worth the premium price. Cds can also hold 74 minutes of music.

You can make new lps and i ve done some for dance artists but it s a fad without much of a point.