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Headphoneus Supremus
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Ok, I'm pretty young (21) so pardon my ignorance.
But what makes Vinyl records the best possible source? I see endless debates about this. Why does a vinyl record sound better than even the highest quality of digital formats?
The only thing I can think of is that it is the true recording of the vibrations that original sound put out. Those vibrations are now imprinted and therefore directly virbrate another medium capable of producing the same sounds... So the fidelity is perfect right?
However, what I don't understand is how that can possible be better than a near mathmatically-intact representation of those vibrations (24 bit SACDs.) All the possible degredation that can occur from vibration interperation just seems like it would outweigh any benefits. How accurate can it really be?
I don't want to start a debate here, I'm just curious as the why. I haven't heard any high end Vinyl myself, just crappy ones, so I don't have any first hand experience here. But I would go out on a limb and say that most of the Vinyl zealots are in it for the cool factor and old school mentality.
I'm by no means new to audio, but someone feel free to educate my n00b ass.
But what makes Vinyl records the best possible source? I see endless debates about this. Why does a vinyl record sound better than even the highest quality of digital formats?
The only thing I can think of is that it is the true recording of the vibrations that original sound put out. Those vibrations are now imprinted and therefore directly virbrate another medium capable of producing the same sounds... So the fidelity is perfect right?
However, what I don't understand is how that can possible be better than a near mathmatically-intact representation of those vibrations (24 bit SACDs.) All the possible degredation that can occur from vibration interperation just seems like it would outweigh any benefits. How accurate can it really be?
I don't want to start a debate here, I'm just curious as the why. I haven't heard any high end Vinyl myself, just crappy ones, so I don't have any first hand experience here. But I would go out on a limb and say that most of the Vinyl zealots are in it for the cool factor and old school mentality.
I'm by no means new to audio, but someone feel free to educate my n00b ass.