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Vinyl VS MP3

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That's awesome... So, in case any of us needed a reminder as to why we go through all the trouble of vinyl, there it is.

Thanks for doing that.
 
Ewww.

For me the big difference is car to home stereo. In my car I usually play Mp3's for their portability, so a lot of my listening is at subpar qualities. What's nice is that then I finally get to listen to the same albums on the home stereo gear it just sounds 1000 times better. Instruments are there that weren't before. Backing vocals are there that were lost. Bass becomes defined.

All this to say, it makes me appreciate the TT even more.
 
ic-racer said:
Wasn't the whole thing MP3? Isn't that how the entire video's sound is encoded?
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While it's true that the entire video was digital, the sources used for each section originally started out as analog. So, what we heard for each of the turntables was actually just a digital conversion of an analog source. Naturally, they probably sound better in real life.

Of course, the song we heard was off of Weezer's "Red Album," which was likely recorded digitally to begin with. So, I guess what we REALLY heard was a digital source being reproduced in analog and then converted back to digital for the youtube video.

Nevertheless, let your ears be the judge. Which one sounded best to you?
 
Too many variables...what was the bitrate, encoder, and source for the MP3?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not say MP3 is a great format because it is lossy. However, there can be very bad MP3 and some pretty darn good ones. Just depends on source, encoder, and bitrate...
 
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