vinyl vs cd

Posted by: meni48 on 14 June 2013

i have a question,what is a better sound  file to download in your opinion a vinyl file or a regular cd file into a flac format through the internet

Posted on: 14 June 2013 by Richard Dane

I don't think anyone sells ripped vinyl files.  So any ripped vinyl file will be a pirate file...

Posted on: 16 June 2013 by Geofiz

Actually Richard there is a commercial example of this.  If you purchase the Nick Drake boxed set of the re-release of Pink Moon, one of the downloads included (along with standard and hi-resolution digital files) is the ability to download a recording of the original Nick Drake Pink Moon LP as played on the family stereo system.  So, essentially a digital download of an LP rip.  It is more a curiosity than anything and certainly not near the sound quality of the remastered LP or the other resolution digital files, but is a very good "ripping" of an LP. 

Posted on: 16 June 2013 by EAROTICA
+1 on that one. I'm able to play it in my van via a USB and its great. It's a shame I can't play the flac files on there aswell.
Posted on: 16 June 2013 by Richard Dane

Yes, I  forgot about that.  But it seems the exception, and not one that undermines the rule here...

Posted on: 16 June 2013 by fatcat

It's legal to buy a ripped vinyl file as long as you also buy the vinyl. IE.You buy an LP and the seller also supplies a ripped file of that record on CDR.

 

http://www.musicstack.com/list...hs&media=vinyllp

 

Top of the page shows sellers supplying LP only, scroll to bottom for suppliers selling LP + CDR.

 

As to which is better, it probably depends on quality of front end rather than the type of media.

Posted on: 17 June 2013 by mudwolf

Doesn't it still turn into digital bits whether it's from vinyl or tape? it turns into 1 + 0s.

Vinyl still has its smooth wavelength instead of etched steps no matter how many bits it is turned into. Apples and oranges

Posted on: 17 June 2013 by Bart
Originally Posted by mudwolf:

Vinyl still has its smooth wavelength instead of etched steps no matter how many bits it is turned into. Apples and oranges

I think "no," because by that logic all trumpets and cellos and glockenspiel only produce an analog waveform . . . You see where I'm going.

 

I've yet to find any vinyl rips compelling, but certainly have only listened to a few.

Posted on: 18 June 2013 by Aleg
Originally Posted by mudwolf:

Doesn't it still turn into digital bits whether it's from vinyl or tape? it turns into 1 + 0s.

Vinyl still has its smooth wavelength instead of etched steps no matter how many bits it is turned into. Apples and oranges

Hi MudWolf

 

only recently I read about how anolog recordings aren't 'continuous' either and why it is that analog recording devices have a limited bandwidth.

Very enlightening: http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-...isconceptions/10705/

 

 

Cheers

 

Aleg

Posted on: 18 June 2013 by fatcat
Originally Posted by Aleg:
Originally Posted by mudwolf:

Doesn't it still turn into digital bits whether it's from vinyl or tape? it turns into 1 + 0s.

Vinyl still has its smooth wavelength instead of etched steps no matter how many bits it is turned into. Apples and oranges

Hi MudWolf

 

only recently I read about how anolog recordings aren't 'continuous' either and why it is that analog recording devices have a limited bandwidth.

Very enlightening: http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-...isconceptions/10705/

 

 

Cheers

 

Aleg

Don't know about enlightening, seems a bit far fetched. Where does this starting and stopping theory come from.