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Originally Posted by RJDG14
So you mean if it's AAA? Most modern day records will be DDA unless otherwise specified, and remastered old stuff ADA. Most digital recordings since the late 1990s have been 24 bit, so given that a CD is only 16 bit, the record could still potentially sound better. DVD audio will be better, though, since it is 24 bit.
I have several CDs that were mastered circa-2002 that sound rather crackly/distorted in places. Is this an example of over-compression?
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As far as sound quality goes, a newly opened vinyl played for the first time is slightly better than a CD, but of course it depends on how the album is mastered, and if it's pre 2008. According to Neil Young, new vinyl is a rip off since they are mostly recorded digitally to begin with.