The Vinyl Argument

Vinyl vs the Rest: Which is the Best?

Music critic Greg Kot over at Popmatters cut’s through all the “voodoo hoodoo” of the supposed superiority of the vinyl sound. He explains that it all depends on “how the original music was recorded and mixed, not just the medium it is heard on”. He concludes:

A recording will sound only as good as the way it is recorded, mixed and mastered. Many vinyl albums of older recordings sound excellent because they preserve the nuances of an analog recording session. But a compact disc can offer a sparkling representation of a well-engineered digital recording. All things being equal, vinyl will sound less artificial. But there are too many variables to say that will be true all the time.