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Old 10-30-2008, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by HuskyMan View Post
on a perhaps more technical note, I've been told that Vinyl records operate on a continuous sine wave. CD's, on the other hand, use a type of squared off sine wave pattern. someone told me that the CD literally "lops off" a portion of the sound and that Vinyl is somehow superior.....I'm not that technical, might someone with more knowledge comment??
Analong (vinyl, magnetic tape, etc...) is a continuous wave. Digital recordings are samples of that wave at very frequent intervals, so yes, technically speaking, some of the original sound is "lost."
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