Vinyl versus CD

[picanin]

Originally posted by spam
Picanin, technically there can be no comparison....purely from the different techniques used. A stylus is an electro mechanical device, therein lies its downfall, A good DDD CD will knock the spots off a vinyl reproduction particularly after a year or two's worth of playing.
Just be practical about it.....with CD's these days you get superb sound quality without having to spend a fortune on equipment, you get the low end frequency response without needing tons of power, and clarity is second to none....as I said elsewhere listen to something like Claptons Layla unplugged on DDD and then go listen to it on vinyl.......tthere is no comparison, the clarity of the CD is outstanding. I fail to see how you can say the sound of a CD is "cold" the frequency range is equal to the best turntables around (at a fraction of the cost) you do not have any of the inherent noise that a turntable generates, minor disc imperfections do not affect the record quality, CD's are immune to dust and minor scratchings.....lets face it, it if were an inferior quality then there would be no way the investment would have been made in the technology.

Spam all that I can infer from the above is that you have never listened to decent quality vinyl on a decent turntable. Your argument flies in the face of opinions from people involved in the audiophile industry. Even people involved in making the most esoteric digital equipment - CD players and offboards DAC's costing thousands of pounds - strive to get the same quality and realism from their products which can be obtained via turntable.

Spam the reason why the market has seen so much investment is simple. Most people used inferior turntables to play back vinyl and so were not getting the quality. SA in particular had the worst quality vinyl in the world to make things worse. The music companies adopted D for its ease of use as well as for the greater profits that were to be made. It costs far less to produce CD than to press vinyl. A guy listening to music on a substandard turntable from companies like Kenwood, Teac, Pioneer etc would have thought that CD sounded better because he was using inferior equipment. As such he was an easy target for the marketting of CD. I do agree though that in order for you to hear decent sound from a turntable you do need to buy a decent deck. And nothing that comes from a Japanese company is up to the job. The best turntables in the world come primarily from UK, US and a few European companies. Spam if ever you are down this way I will organise a demo at my local dealers for you to hear exactly what can be achieved with vinyl. And maybe then you will also understand why the vinyl market is once again growing.