Wav Vs Vinyl

The results may surprise you as they did us.

Wav vs vinyl.

But for most of the parts the wav is uncompressed and carries a large data and sound details. There s very little compression so the loudest parts of those sounds often. It sounds just as great as the producer or band intended. Because vinyl s restrictions do not permit the same abuse of audio levels as the cd mayo says that listeners might hear a wider dynamic range in an album mixed separately for vinyl over a compact.

Digitalizing these records can result in the quality decline. But there is a downside any specks of dust or damage to the disc can be heard as noise or static. Having a cd handy with your vinyl will give you an added advantage. Sonically vinyl has both.

There s another far superior reason why vinyl is better than lossy digital formats. Using vinyl record is one of the most interesting practices for music lovers. Vinyl is far more high quality. See our youtube debate.

This means that the waveforms from a vinyl recording can be much more accurate and that can be heard in the richness of the sound. That s why snare drums cymbal splashes and other loud instruments have so much more punch in vinyl recordings. We compare the sound quality of analog vinyl vs digital audio cd flac on a 100k stereo setup. In some ways it s the audio equivalent of driving a ford pilot.

The vinyl lp is a format based on technology that hasn t evolved much over the last six decades. Listen to vinyl like music on vox. Vinyl for the most part avoided the loudness war. Vinyl can still push music to the limits of its dynamic range 55 70db but it often shies away from doing so in order to maintain sound quality.

Check out our listening results.