Not sure...

[Duffio]

Not sure if this is the correct section.. but.. here's my question, what has better sound quality?? A cd or vinyl??? and why did they start making digipacks?? what the hell is the difference between a cd and a digipack???

[EFISH]

Not sure if this is the correct section.. but.. here's my question, what has better sound quality?? A cd or vinyl??? and why did they start making digipacks?? what the hell is the difference between a cd and a digipack???

Well I know that Vinyl is deffinetly better quality than a CD.

[BumbleFinck]

I actually just di a speech on this for one of my classes and yeah, vinyl is better osund quality and it's because the grooves on a record are an exact mirrored image to the sound waves pattern so no sound info uis lost what so ever but in a cd, the laser just takes snapshots of the sound pattern at a very high rate so there is a little soudn information lost which is why vinyl has a much warmer sound. Digipaks aren't a substitute for cd's, they are a substitute for jewel cases. Digipak is just the little cardboard floding packages like the gnr greatest hits cd was released in.

[Alan]

I actually just di a speech on this for one of my classes and yeah, vinyl is better sound quality and it's because the grooves on a record are an exact mirrored image to the sound waves pattern so no sound info uis lost what so ever but in a cd, the laser just takes snapshots of the sound pattern at a very high rate so there is a little soudn information lost which is why vinyl has a much warmer sound. Digipaks aren't a substitute for cd's, they are a substitute for jewel cases. Digipak is just the little cardboard floding packages like the gnr greatest hits cd was released in.

i'd disagree, every time you play a vinyl it loses some of it's quality because the vinyl gets damaged each time it's played, so while at first listen a vinyl sounds better after a few listens the quality has dropped below that of a CD.

[Skeba]

It really doesn't matter whitch one you use. Like BumbleFinck said, a vinyl does have the potential to be better in quality, though a vinyl will be more easily damaged. CDs have a sample rate of 44kHz, meaning that it can manage all frequencies up to 22kHz. Humans can only hear up to 20kHz, so every frequency audible can be presented. I, for one, do prefer cds. But I think it is a matter of opinion really..

[darkmonth]

I actually just di a speech on this for one of my classes and yeah, vinyl is better osund quality and it's because the grooves on a record are an exact mirrored image to the sound waves pattern so no sound info uis lost what so ever but in a cd, the laser just takes snapshots of the sound pattern at a very high rate so there is a little soudn information lost which is why vinyl has a much warmer sound. Digipaks aren't a substitute for cd's, they are a substitute for jewel cases. Digipak is just the little cardboard floding packages like the gnr greatest hits cd was released in.

Hehe... your name is funny

[Bill 213]

Buy a decent turntable with decent needles and hardware and treat your vinyl pristine and it'll sound nice and warm for a very long time.  I still have a mint copy of the mono version of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and it sounds beautiful to this day.  No cracks or pops or anything.  If you're going to get heavy into vinyl, I suggest becoming caring to your collection.  Store your records in plastic sleeves, keep them in room temperature......get a brush and clean them when you're done listening to them (if you leave them on the turntable they can collect dust).  CDs are great of course, but they're damaged just as easily.  I fucking hate getting a scratch on either.  It's also a bad thing when buying used vinyl, because you really have to learn to look for wear and tear in the records.