Mistershine said:
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Bold: missing words in my post
CD, by a mile. You can make a digital copy of a vinyl record that is audibly indistinguishable from the vinyl. You cannot make a vinyl copy of a CD that sounds just like the original CD. Digital is transparent; analog is not.
the sound signature of vinyl is a physical consequence of the support not the intent of the artist. All digital with loss less recording is the way to go, you just have to look for full digital recording. now vinyl has its charms for some but it is a preference for its listener not a better quality. Part of this must be nostalgia (or retro appeal, depending on your age bracket). But it's also that vinyl adds a certain amount of distortion of a sort that is actually quite appealing. Some people mistake this for "realism" (probably the nostalgia at work there), but of course it's that distortion that makes vinyl non-transparent. and a good record player is around 400 bucks minimum and goes up over 1k and that doesn't count the amp and pre amp
Bottom line, CD is more accurate, but people like vinyl, and there's nothing wrong with that. I listen to both.
now I agree most music store use some form of MP3 or the likes... but you have good ones too http://www.audiostream.com/content/hd-music-download-sites this is a good list but you have others... I'm not a big apple fan so I haven't checked but I think they are starting do HD music now (????)
anyway... I'm all for digital and the more people will chose that route the cheaper it will get.... and even now it is already pretty easy to find cheap deals online now.... if you are a little bit passient... I never bought a game over 30 bucks in DD on 360 and most of the time under 20 bucks....











