it's said vinyl - when pressed well and played on a good turntable ofcourse- is surely superior to CD.
to explain, a CD disk is limited to -I think it's 20Hz- 20.000Hz, allthough many speakers, headphones, amps are wider range as those freqs can be heard and are on many studio recordings.
 
 

I still have over 2000 records.

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it's said vinyl - when pressed well and played on a good turntable ofcourse- is surely superior to CD.
to explain, a CD disk is limited to -I think it's 20Hz- 20.000Hz, allthough many speakers, headphones, amps are wider range as those freqs can be heard and are on many studio recordings.
 
 

Whatever the other parts of the chain are capable of, I'd be astonished to hear of a piece of vinyl with a frequency range that wide.
 
The old RIAA standard for cutting vinyl was to cut off the bottom around 50hz and to cut off the top starting at 12khz. Pretty much every classic LP of the vinyl era conforms to this.

Could the demand for vinyl be due to less loudness on records v CDs?

You definitely can't get vinyl as loud safely. You end up with real physical issues that can make the needle jump out of the groove.
 
I think that and the thing I mentioned above about frequency range are real factors in the appeal of vinyl.
 
The fact is, in terms of accuracy, vinyl is a pretty terrible medium.
 
However, in terms of the limitations and compromises it forces upon you, you often end up with something more agreeable to the ear by default. Everything up at 17khz and beyond is actually pretty unpleasant. Super-heavy compression is pretty unpleasant. And those things are hard to do on vinyl.
 
CDs and mp3s don't inherently sound worse. In fact, by all measurable metrics, they're clearly superior formats. But people do some horrible things within those formats that just aren't possible on vinyl.

I have to agree with you John T.

If you can you should watch a recent episode of Maron (IFC).
 
It is hilarious, he is cruising vinyl shops and even buys a 4K vintage Macintosh tube amp.  All in the pursuit of "that sound."
 
The funny part is when he keeps sitting people down and asking them if they can hear the beauty....
 
JR

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If you can you should watch a recent episode of Maron (IFC).
 
It is hilarious, he is cruising vinyl shops and even buys a 4K vintage Macintosh tube amp.  All in the pursuit of "that sound."
 
The funny part is when he keeps sitting people down and asking them if they can hear the beauty....

 
That's not new, either. People were doing that back in the 70s.  

In this month's "Mix" there is an article about the resurgence of vinyl and Jack White's latest release.  It is growing market share (up to 4% if I remember right) while CD sales continue to fall.  I guess in 25 years or so there will be a CD revival.
 
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There are some active and very successful stores that cater to the vinyl crowd here in Austin. I see a lot of people 20 years my junior buying vinyl. I also see people my age which is 40+. I buy vinyl because I love the large format, and most of the reissues are 180 gram, so it feels substantial. The younger people I talk to love music, and want to support the artists. In one purchase, you can usually get a gate fold vinyl double album, a cd, and know that you're putting money into the pockets of the artist and a locally owned business. It's win/win all around. My personal favorite store is End of an Ear. Music, movies, books, and a large selection of used stereo equipment. The used cd section is reasonable. I walked out with six cds the other day for 20.00. Some of the titles were 20.00 to 30.00 on ebay. This place keeps my brain fed.