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Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

CDs often ship WAV audio to my knowledge. Doesnt really make sense to encode anything down anyway. Unless you're shipping a box set in a CD maybe? Even then 320kb MP3 is basically imperceptible to even the most astute listeners.

[–] UlrikHD@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I didn't mean to imply CD stores sounds files of worse quality, only that if you aren't after the experience vinyl provides, digital files is a more convenient form of media.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

i mean yeah. But if you're buying an album already. CDs are really easy to find used for like 10 bucks or so. You can buy them new for only a few bucks more than the digital price. It's a great option if you want something physical.

You can still rip CDs straight to wav and dump em to a media player in like 12 minutes though. It's basically free.