Why CDs May Sound Better Than Vinyl

Alright, so the reasons I&#x27;ve heard over the years that vinyl sounds better are:<p>a) the high-frequency roll-off starts at 15 kHz; b) the needle vibrates which smooths out the sound and provides warmth; c) the needle melts the vinyl at the molecular level which also smooths out the sound and provides warmth; d) the needle picks up feedback from the room; e) not all vinyl is created equal, you get a lot more quality out of a 5-minute 12&quot; 45 rpm than a 30-minute 12&quot; 33 1&#x2F;3 rpm; f) clicks and pops and burns are part of the charm; g) the runout groove nagging you to get up is part of what vinyl sounds like; h) vinyl is physical and cool and sometimes extremely rare and barring an ABX test your perception of how good something is will be affected by these supposedly irrelevant meta qualities; i) some things are only available on vinyl, so of course it sounds better; j) depending on the type of music, the mastering won&#x27;t be targeting mp3 players with earbuds but instead big club systems, so if you have good speakers, it might be easier to find the mastering you want on vinyl.<p>I don&#x27;t know how many of these I agree with. Honestly the worst thing about vinyl is that it&#x27;s heavy.

I just find this hilarious. If you like the sound of vinyl; record it to a CDROM, play the CDROM, it sounds just like vinyl, pops, clicks, skips and all.<p>Also, back in the glorious disco era, record companies would release 12&quot; single disks, where the grooves were spaced wide enough that the bass beat could be laid down. What more proof does anyone need that 33 records are inferior?

As a vinyl enthusiast, I find claims of vinyl&#x27;s superior &quot;sound qualitY&quot; (whatever that means) to be laughable. A CD can clearly outreproduce a vinyl even the first time you play the vinyl record -- by the fifth time you&#x27;re playing the vinyl record it&#x27;s clearly inferior from a technical perspective.<p>The thing that&#x27;s fun about vinyl is that it feels more like a physical artifact -- each one sounds different, the album art is bigger, it&#x27;s been around for a few decades, etc... that&#x27;s why I like it.

May?? What do they mean May??<p>Why do you need an entire article for something that everyone already knows?<p>Even if you especially like the sound of vinyl, you can just play one and record it on a CD.<p>I watched a video of how they make vinyl. They take a ... wait for it .... CD! And play it into a machine that cuts the grooves.

Does anyone believe Neil Young, an aging rocker, can actually hear the difference? Old age + decades of loud music = hearing loss

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It may sound &quot;better&quot;, but I find it lacks the warmth and depth that vinyl provides.<p>Edit: &#x2F;s. Sigh.