Analogue vs Digital

Unit 1              Analogue vs Digital -Vinyl vs CD

CDs and vinyl records are both audio storage and playback formats based on rotating discs, from different times in music history. The CD audio is digitally encoded and read by a laser, while analogue vinyl audio is physically read by a needle.

The advantages of CDs

*they are small and portable

*they’re very cheap to produce

*most computers can read CDs

*if the computer can’t read the CDs there are DVDs

*digital playback control

*life span

The disadvantages of CDs

*they have a smaller storage capacity than a hard drive

*quantization

*easy to snap or scratch

*slower to access than the hard disk

The advantages of vinyl

*warmth

*reproduction of analogue recordings

*nostalgia

The disadvantages of vinyl

*forces you to listen the records front to back like they were supposed to

*can’t make playlists

*it requires a great deal of care and attention to maintain in great condition

*tracking error

*fragility

*easily gets damaged