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Therefore, no such media deterioration takes place, and the CD will, with proper care, sound exactly the same every time it is played (discounting aging of the player and CD itself); however, this is a benefit of the optical system, not of digital recording, and the Laserdisc format enjoys the same non-contact benefit with analog optical signals.

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May 27,  · A 's Eddie Murphy comedy routine will probably sound the same in either analog or digital format, but a jazz recording of Miles Davis may sound better in vinyl format - or at least, may foster Author: Scott Matteson.

Vinyl provides a warmth and immediacy that digital can't, and provides more continuity in the music. Digital veils the music. Obviously the reason is because digital is a much more complicated process than analog and results in “digital” music, while analog preserves the analog waveforms that our ears are designed to listen to.

CD Audio — Analog audio signal from the CD drive connected to your sound card. Note: If you have more than one CD drive installed, only one can be connected to the analog CD input of your sound card. Check your computer system manual to determine which CD drive is the analog source. System Mixer — Record the combined output of your system.

By every measure, digital audio is superior to analog. Even the standard redbook CD (44kHz, 16 bit resolution) has about a 26dB advantage to vinyl with respect to dynamic range, and at least a dB advantage in stereo separation as well as unmeasurable wow and flutter.

How the Compact Disc works A compact disc is a piece of polycarbonate (a type of plastic) on which a spiral track has been impressed. This spiral track is a series of indentations ("pits") separated by flat areas ("land"). This alternating pit-and-land structure can be seen in fig.1, a scanning electron microscope photograph of a CD surface.