Sales of vinyl records have been soaring although they still represent only a tiny fraction of the music industry s revenues.
Why listening to vinyl is better.
Maybe it was coincidence but vinyl began its resurgence at around the same time as recordings started this trend.
The music floats within the middle range of pitches which is comfortable for humans to listen to.
The pros of vinyl with vinyl there is much more room for the music to grow.
For comparison listening to vinyl as opposed to digital is like viewing the mona lisa with your own eyes rather than looking at a picture of it on a smartphone.
A person only has so much room so the records that they do have reflect who they are.
As compressed mp3 files and digital streaming services from youtube to pandora have become the norm for music listening vinyl sales have skyrocketed from under a million in 2007 to potentially.
It s for this reason that vinyl sounds better than digital.
Vinyl didn t die when jimi hendrix did.
It wasn t long before vinyl recordings of the same content often had better sound quality at normal listening volumes simply because they had higher dynamic range.
With vinyl you don t skip tracks you listen to an entire record from top to bottom.
About 2 percent in 2014.
You ll also hear vinyl enthusiasts discussing the warm sound they get from their record players.
Let s take a trip to a record store and i ll tell you the four reasons why 12 vinyl records are better than digital mp3.
When listening to vinyl you can hear all of the emotions an artist puts into a song.
Vinyl is back no doubt about it.
While this isn t the case with modern records it s important to remember that any record released in the 1970.
If a song is recorded on tape its conversion to vinyl better preserves the original sound of the song.