CD's or Vinyl?


Gun to your head, if you could only pick one, which would you choose.  As nostalgic and sublime as Vinyl can be I think I'd have to go with Cd's.  Just seems cleaner and more pristine to me.

And You?

 

klimt

I’m CD’s all the way. I sold my TT and records decades ago. While I have occasionally been tempted to go back to vinyl, it would just cost way too much. I don’t have even one record. 
And I have added a streamer to my 2,000 CD’s a couple months ago, I have access to plenty of music choices. 

Gun to my head = CD BUT, I'll take Streaming any day of the week & twice on Sunday as my primary source when there are no guns involved..

I would not dream of going back to vinyl. It is not an easy choice. But I have hundreds of CD's. Over the years most of my L.P.s have been stolen from me. 

SACD's are simply the best. P.S. I have got even with some.

As much as I enjoy vinyl, I would have to go with CD's.

For me, the sound quality is on par, or better, than vinyl. And I own fairly high end vinyl and digital playback systems. 

But my main reason may be, I am in the constant search and discovery of new: music, bands, composers, musicians, etc, and the vast majority of what I listen to* is only released on CD.

So, since the discovery of new music is more important to me, than any specific format, CD is my format of choice. 

 

*Prog, jazz, contemporary classical. 

LPs - since their introduction in the 80's, I have heard thousands of CDs on hundreds of systems, including many > $100,000 systems.  So far, only one of these systems has matched the quality that I hear from my mid-priced analogue system.  I estimate that the aforementioned system exceeded $200k, MSRP.

That being said, I also have hundreds of CDs and a 'class-A' player.  I usually play CDs when I need a longer hands-off period of time.  For example, if I am cooking outside on the back deck, but still want some background music during the prep and eating diner, CDs are a better choice.

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