Why Do People Prefer Vinyl

I do not think the case would be the same with cds or tapes or digital files snort.

Why do people prefer vinyl.

I have a record cleaning machine that uses alcohol to do the job so it is a major operation. On the other hand i have the first lp i bought in the 50 s and it is in good condition. You ll also hear vinyl enthusiasts discussing the warm sound they get from their record players. There s another far superior reason why vinyl is better than lossy digital formats.

Of all the music formats vinyl has the most value. Vinyl for the most part avoided the loudness war with the rise of digital music cds included it s possible to make a track sound louder than it naturally should. That warm vinyl sound. Vinyl is in a resurgence of course with records outselling cds for the first time in almost three decades.

There are multiple theories as to why this is the case. People who prefer vinyl tend to be quite picky about what they listen to. I think this is what people like about it. It s very mid range y and very warm.

It s hard to explain. Vinyl records today might sell 10 times its original price 20 years from now. I remember that when vinyl records stopped being produced and sold in my country i embraced the cd just because i had to do it if i wanted to keep feeding my music purchasing habits. Even as physical record sales decline people are buying more vinyl than they have in decades.

But looking after vinyl can be a big pain to most people. It pins very closely to the way that human beings hear music organically gonsalves said. It s certainly true that many people prefer the sound from a physical record but your experience may differ. In 2013 sales increased 31 percent to about 6 million units year over year.

Their sales have dropped by 95 percent since 2000 the peak days of cds according to a new report and are currently at their lowest level since 1986. But i was never fully enthusiastic about. Vinyl as long as you ve looked after it is superior in sound. Now people are into vinyl we just opened a new shop in brighton and we haven t had a shop since 2004 and it s 60 per cent young people who ll be buying vinyl for quite a while he.

Cds on the other hand have been on the decline.