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Originally Posted by aklim
I'll take your word on that. However, how would a good vinyl system compare with a good CD system?
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With vinyl you have the full waveform, with some distortion of course. With a CD you have two points and the best approximation of what's in between the two points. Depending on the sampler chip and the algorithm of the period that could be a straight line or a slightly curved best guess. So if you have vocals or other stuff with lots of high frequency harmonics like trumpets or violins the original waveform is significantly altered with digital.
In the 80's and early 90's most multitrack recordings were still done via analog. They were mastered to digital later. That means they were record with all the distortion of analog and later that distortion was once again approximated during the mastering process. Of course that could be minimized with good equipment like good mixing boards and good reel to reel multitrack recorders, but still, one channel biased a little hot or a drunk studio intern could severely impact the recording.
Anyway in general, CD's are better for techno like stuff with heavy bass. Vinyl is better on vocals and acoustic instruments.