Archive for the 'Vinyl vs CD' Category

18 Jan

Vinyl Vs. CD Part 3. Sound Difference Between LP’s and CD’s

The third and final post by The Lonely Note on the difference between vinyl and CD’s. The first post dealt with the technology difference between CD’s and records. The second dealt with mostly the physical differences between LP’s and CD’s. The third part deals with the actual difference between the same album on both CD [...]

18 Jan

Vinyl Records and CD’s Part 2

Here is the second part of this article by The Lonely Note. Here is the first post on the difference between vinyl records and CD’s in case you missed it.
Portability
This is probably the one category where the two camps of format fanatics can agree. The compact disc wins the portability argument in one fell swoop [...]

18 Jan

Vinyl Vs CD. Analog Vs Digital

Great post over a The Lonely Note, talking about the difference between vinyl records and CD’s. It’s a three part article, so I’ll split it up too.
Introduction
Perhaps the only argument that has persisted on longer than the vinyl vs. CD debate is that one about the chicken and the egg. Both camps have loyal supporters. [...]

27 Dec

Ripping MP3’s From Vinyl Records? Copying Your Own Collection?

I have seen a number of articles and posts about whether or not it is legal or ethical to rip an album or CD that you already own to MP3. There are at least two schools of thought on this.
The first idea is that once you own something, you own the content. The music is [...]

07 Nov

CD - Vinyl Record Hybrid Disc

Yes, you read that right. A hybrid. Like a gas electric hybrid car, the vinyl-disc is a CD vinyl record hybrid. Optimal Media Production is the company that has produced this. They also carry many other specialty types of media for your recordings.
The vinyl-disc has a bottom layer that is played in a CD player [...]

06 Nov

Vinyl Records Have the Greatest Sound

I love the sound of vinyl records. I know that a lot of people out there have no idea what I’m talking about, but who cares. If you ask an audiophile which is better, a vinyl record, or a CD, almost every one of them will say vinyl is better.
The reason for this is because [...]