{"id":88027,"date":"2021-09-29T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=88027"},"modified":"2021-12-07T11:25:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T11:25:16","slug":"does-music-sound-better-on-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/does-music-sound-better-on-vinyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Does music sound better on vinyl?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Image Credit: Florencia Viadana<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do vinyls sound better \u2013 and is that even the case?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vinyl records have had a resurgence, with vinyl at certain times over the last year making more money than CDs for the first time since the 1980s<\/a>. Their rising popularity was perhaps driven by stay at home orders of the pandemic, with people having more time on their hands to enjoy the slower pace of selecting a record, sliding it from the sleeve and placing it on the player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no denying that vinyl records<\/a> are more beautiful than an album on a streaming service<\/a>. Sure, album art still looks pretty and videos <\/a>are impressive, but something is lost when music is started with a single tap of a screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vinyl may look better than streaming music \u2013 but does the music sound<\/em> better on vinyl?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Listening to the same music in different formats brings an entirely different sound every time. An album playing through tinny phone speakers is obviously going to lack the rich sound of a vinyl <\/a>record. Equally, an album playing on a cheap record player is going to sound terrible compared to an album being streamed in high quality on TIDAL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But why do vinyls seem to sound better? The immersive warmth of vinyl <\/a>comes from the analogue format and the lack of compression when the record was pressed. A record also plays continuously, giving a more intense listening experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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