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Vinyl To Signal the End for CDs?
PJ1216 writes to mention that vinyl seems poised to make a comeback in the music industry. Some are even predicting that this comeback coupled with the surge in digital music sales could possibly close the door on CDs. "Portability is no longer any reason to stick with CDs, and neither is audio quality. Although vinyl purists are ripe for parody, they're right about one thing: Records can sound better than CDs. Although CDs have a wider dynamic range, mastering houses are often encouraged to compress the audio on CDs to make it as loud as possible: It's the so-called loudness war. Since the audio on vinyl can't be compressed to such extremes, records generally offer a more nuanced sound. Another reason for vinyl's sonic superiority is that no matter how high a sampling rate is, it can never contain all of the data present in an analog groove, Nyquist's theorem to the contrary."
What is Nyquist's theorem, and how does it relate to this?
As a bit of a greenie I'd like to live off-grid and low-tech at some point in the future, and for this reason vinyl wins the race for me. This is a music storage technology where playback can be achieved with no electricity and the player is fairly robust/fixable. This is unlike a CD player, which is completely electricity-dependent, delicate and potentially brickable. Plus there's something beautiful and timeless about the amplified crackling sound of a needle in a groove that appeals.
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And Vinyl lovers are pretentious suckers. Listening to Vinyl is like looking at an ugly woman. If you squint your eyes so you don't see clearly, she looks better.