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It should be noted that there is a ton of music (both new and old) available only on CD, quite probably more than is available only on vinyl.
I don't believe this is true and I don't think it is even close. Records have been around since the 1920s and CDs since the 80s.
there is lots of stuff from the "vinyl era" which has only been released on CD. Almost nothing post-90 has been released on vinyl.
What is true in my experience is that there are many records that were never released on cd and many cd's that were never release on vinyl. That's why I have thousands of each. Given a choice, I go with vinyl because I have listened to hundreds of records and the cd of each and the records sounded more like real music about 95% of the time.
...There is a reason new vinyl is the only physical medium that has experienced increased sales in each year since 2005.
Neither one of these statements are true. If the music is from the so called vinyl era, then it was released on vinyl. As to the second statement, record companies never stopped pressing vinyl in Great Britain and Europe and lots of albums that were released only on CD in the U.S. in the 90's were released on vinyl across the pond. I can guarantee you based on my own buying habits that there is a lot of post-90 music being released on vinyl. Almost all indie as well as major label artists are insisting on vinyl relases of their albums. There is a reason new vinyl is the only physical medium that has experienced increased sales in each year since 2005.
The reason vinyl has increased sales compared to CD/SACD is vinyl wears out with the constant use, and vinyl fans had to buy the same discs again to replace those that have deteriorated, and CD/SACD lasts forever...
I submit that new pressing and mastering entities are releasing albums that sound better than the originals and that's pretty exciting for music lovers who play records.
This is provably wrong.Google 'disc rot' or 'cd rot' . It is deterioration that happens to ALL CD's sooner or later."Disc rot is a phrase describing the tendency of CD or DVD or other optical discs to become unreadable due to physical or chemical deterioration. The causes of this effect vary from oxidation of the reflective layer, to physical scuffing and abrasion of disc surfaces or edges, including visible scratches, to other kinds of reactions with contaminants, to ultra-violet light damage and de-bonding of the adhesive used to adhere the layers of the disc together."I have vinyl that sounds as good as it did the day I bought it decades ago. I am not as optimistic about my CD's.And here's the thing. When vinyl ages, it is almost always still playable. It may be noisy, but it will still play.When CDs age due to rot, which is inevitable, they will no longer be playable. The player will not be able to decode the media. Even small pinholes, the most likely signs of rot, may make the disc unplayable. Disc rot occurs in 10 - 20 years. Even a disc that is never taken out of it's package will rot sooner or later. A vinyl record that is never taken out of it's package will remain pristine.Well cared for vinyl played on good equipment, will not show audible signs of wear.CD's will rot, NO MATTER how they are cared for. You may be able to delay the rot by keeping them out of UV, but rot is still inevitable.
