After installing spotify i noticed the bad sound quality and had to learn only premium users get normal quality.
Does vinyl sound better than spotify reddit.
No but also yes and it is different anyway.
The popularity of vinyl is undeniable but why is it so popular and does it really sound better than streaming from spotify.
The analog format stokes the passions of many music lovers and it s an enjoyable experience.
Some say vinyl is a more pleasant listen because of how it makes the music sound takes off highs lows possibly warmer but vinyl definitely has less ability to transfer information than cd.
Most of the music is broadcast in some lossy format where details are missed and the overall quality is reduced.
Digital playback has no deviation in playback speed whereas any analog medium suffers from numerous such artifacts mainly classified into wow slow variations in speed pitch and flutter faster variations.
I don t even know what i would get as a premium user.
In technical terms cd and cd quality audio on a computer is several orders of magnitude better than vinyl or even analog master tape at 7 5 inches per second.
Also though the vinyl and cd you were listening to could have been mastered remastered at different times so there may actually be a difference in the cd.
But is it better than digital music.
Vinyl sounds better than mp3s ever could.
Digital music can sound more dead than vinyl for multiple reasons.
Dynamics are usually lost because everything on the mix has to be decipherable at every volume level on every platform.
I just recently tested out amazon music after being a spotify premium member for over 3 years.
Spotify isn t about sound quality.
Digital music or more specifically the mp3 file is compressed to be extremely loud.
That question depends entirely who you ask.
It happens because audio files get compressed to make them small enough to store thousands of them on the phone and to stream online.
If spotify wants to introduce itself as a high quality service i think it s the worst idea to lower the sound quality.
Level 2 4 points 3 years ago to add because of the audiophile communities preference.
Is it just me or is the sound quality better with i m sorry if this is my first post here but it has to be said.
Today only i had to reset the.
If you want convenient where you can have your music anywhere go pro on spotify since free accounts are stuck with lower quality streaming.
Let s dig into how vinyl works how it compares to streaming services.