Vinyl vs CD
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Hey /mu/
I was thinking about starting a physical collection of all my favorite albums, but I'm not sure whether to go with vinyl or cd?
CD is much cheaper to get, easier to store, and I can already play it with my PC and other devices.
Vinyl looks beautiful to me, they would look much greater as a set piece. They're much more expensive and require me to also buy a turntable. They do however have a much higher resell value, but I wouldn't ever sell them so it doesn't matter.
What do you personally collect?
CD's cause pretty much I can lend them to a friend or play them at their house or something. Of course I secretly would love to start a vinyl collection, mainly due to the sound quality and the album art, but CD's are just way more practical for me as i dont have the space for vinyl, that and its cheaper and most albums I want are only on CD.
in the early 2000's i had roughly 800 cd's and I wanted to start going to vinyl, but the idea of having 800 cd's and 1 vinyl sucked compared to having 801 cd's
They all got stolen :)
It's okay I download music now and it's all free. I wish i had all the money I spent more than the physical media
One of the biggest benefits of CDs for me is the ability to skip to specific songs, so I'd have to go with them.
That being said, I think that old prog rock and concept albums are best on vinyl. Any album that's too loud on CD is almost always better on vinyl too, with good speakers.
>>64660328
CDs because cd cases are cool as fuck
>>64660328
I've discovered during the last two years, since I can take CD-Rs home from the mastering plant, that there's an astonishing variation in quality between different CD plants. If you think digital is perfect, I have news for you. Many of us have been fooled by this myth that it's just 0s and 1s and therefore copies perfectly. It doesn't. The variations in quality are pretty wild, and random. Just the way you hook up a cable can make a difference. And there's no quality control in these CD plants, other than someone checking whether there's any level being transferred.
Most of us take it for granted that a CD is a CD, and we almost never discuss about varying standards of manufacture. I can't say too much about current US manufacturer's because I have few US made CDs. I have still detected a general shrillness to many US CDs ("let's tweek the high end to make them sound sharp to delude the general public that our CDs sound better than vinyl and tape"). Tweeking the high end also accentuated the hiss. After so many disappointments and revelations having heard import versions after getting US discs I have concentrated on acquiring import pressings.
As for maunfacturers themselves: on the import side I like the clarity of Nimbus UK but they can be hissier and lighter on low end than MPO France which produces well rounded sounding CDs. PDO have been fine except for the recent PDO UK disc rot problem. Sonopress in Germany are adequate. I used to shy away from DADC in Austria (Sony Europe uses them) but have realised that was a personal bias. Nimbus USA (Virginia) vary. Their reissues of the OMD catalogue were shoddy. DADC in Indiana (Sony/Columbia) are so so.
I've recently come to the conclusion after all these years that vinyl is just a hipster ass waste of money
I wish I stuck with CDs, my CD player sounds great
also I can make my own rips
I'm thinking of selling all my records because I never really listen to them, I have to make an effort to listen to them
>>64660472
>concept albums are best on vinyl
Yeah switching sides is the most optimal way for concept albums lmao
>>64660650
It gives the different portions of the story or concept more weight as separate acts
I'm currently collecting CDs. And I enjoy watching my collection/stack grow. Only thing about CDs is I don't care for are jewel cases. I much prefer slipsleeves and digipak cases. Too me they look better and the are smaller. Not only that sometimes artists go above and beyond with the packaging for them. You might got a trifold digipak or you could get a 4-6 panel fold. It's pretty cool stuff. It's like a mini-vinyl I guess.
I mean this shit is just cool to look at.
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>>64660790
I guess I'll go with CDs. Maybe someday I'll try out vinyls, but CDs seem too convenient. I am interested in analogue sound though.
The idea of owning most Radiohead albums on vinyl sounds great, but it'd cost over $100 plus the cost of a turntable. Whereas I can go on ebay right now and get the CD box set for like $50-60.
>>64661260
you really won't be able to tell the difference
