Why Are Vinyl Records More Expensive Than Cds

Writing for the wall street journal neil shah reported in his article why vinyl s boom is over that.

Why are vinyl records more expensive than cds.

But if plans hold they ll add two to six more presses starting at the. They would operate 24 hours a day if vinyl press operators a dying breed until just recently weren t so hard to find. Old lps were cut from analog tapes that s why they sound so high quality. Music sounds better played on a good turntable than it does from files or cds.

But the majority of today s new and re issued vinyl albums around 80 or more several experts estimate start from digital files even lower quality cds. So if it costs me 19. I try to make 10 on new stuff says trevor larocque co owner of the tiny record shop a vinyl only store specializing in rare vintage records that also stocks the latest. Dvds can hold 74 minutes of music at their highest quality level.

A 2 vinyl record in 1959 would be 43 today. By lowering either the sampling rate or the accuracy dvds can hold more music. Digital music as source for vinyl. Best turntables under 300 the sound is the thing but i d also concede gear love is part of the reason we.

The music industry has always been a rip off. Vinyl as a raw material is quite cheap. The table below lists the sampling rate and the accuracy for cd recordings and the maximum sampling rate and accuracy for dvd recordings. When it was replaced with cds in the eighties they were cheaper to make than vinyl but cost more as has been mentioned.