CDs vs vinyl

yeah I read about this stuff on another forum, although it seemed like the majority of people who had actually compared vinyl vs CD, the majority preferred vinyl (even if it's theoretically possible to get a much better sound on CD).

And yeah, vinyl's get worn the more you play them (scratching metal along plastic FTW), but somebody told me that buying vinyl then downloading the album = win, and I can't really argue with that

I have lots of old metal vinyls at home, still listen them from time to time but I find their sound poorer than on cd's or mp3; must be because old record player (the needle was never changed and its old about 25 - 30 years)

More likely the cartridge. A cartridge is like a casssette tape. It loses oxidation the older it gets and the more it gets used.

Imagine it this way. what is harder a diamond or a record surface? you won't wear a fucking diamond out or a hard metal needles. The needle business is a damn rip off. The cartridge is always the cause for bad sound quality.

Sometimes peple break needles or wear them down by abusing their equipment, but there is no reason to replace needles with regular use.

i bought 2 Neurosis albums and they have ridiculously amazing album art



also the track list for Given to the Rising works better as a vinyl ^^

If you can hear the difference, you're listening too hard.

By the way, I just saw that they make record players that hook up to your PC via USB cable and it's rip the tracks into MP3 format. Fucking awesome! I continue buying vinyl while not having owned a record player in at least a decade. Haha.