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CDs are better than vinyl and most people listen to music on systems that sound dreadful (lemmy.fwgx.uk)

submitted 3 months ago by blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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CDs are in every way better than vinyl records. They are smaller, much higher quality audio, lower noise floor and don't wear out by being played. The fact that CD sales are behind vinyl is a sign that the world has gone mad. The fact you can rip and stream your own CD media is fantastic because generally remasters are not good and streaming services typically only have remastered versions, not originals. You have no control on streaming services about what version of an album you're served or whether it'll still be there tomorrow. Not an issue with physical media.

The vast majority of people listen to music using equipment that produces audio of poor quality, especially those that stream using ear buds. It makes me very sad when people don't care that what they're listening to could sound so much better, especially if played through a hifi from a CD player, or using half decent (not beats) headphones.

There's plenty of good sounding and well produced music out there, but it's typically played back through the equivalent of two cans and some string. I'm not sure people remember how good good music can sound when played back through good kit.

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You may even be getting better quality audio than you would on a CD.

Not disagreeing, but "may" is the operative word here. But it's always worthwhile to support your favorite artist when and where you can. :)

Here's the rub: It's possible to have way more lossless resolution than 44khz/16bit (CD audio) with FLAC, but that depends on what the artist is going to ship. And don't forget that your playback device also matters - not everything has a DAC that natively supports higher resolution audio, forcing some loss to perform playback.

[–] corroded@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yep. That's exactly what I was referring to when I said "may." In my experience, most artists release 44k/16 files, but I have some 24-bit versions.

I would venture a guess, though, that given the same audio hardware, no human being can tell the difference. I can hear differences between lossy compression at "moderate" nitrates and lossless audio, but I feel like anything over 256k MP3 is getting into placebo territory.

That doesn't keep me from downloading 24-bit FLAC, though, because I'm s huge data hoarder.