On: CD sales grow for first time since 2004

[beardyw]

>physical music is enjoying a resurgence

CDs are the children of floppy disks, not vinyl. They are digital (it's in the name). Vinyl is actually physical beyond bits and bytes.

[Jyaif → beardyw]

> They are digital (it's in the name)

CD stands for "compact disc"

[aidenn0 → beardyw]

CDs are recorded in a spiral (like a record) not in concentric rings (like a floppy).

[ryanmcbride → beardyw]

A CD is a physical medium for digital music. I think the distinction between a CD and a zip file is pretty clear.

[dsr_ → beardyw]

What are you implying by "Vinyl is actually physical beyond bits and bytes"?

Are you trying to say "vinyl is analog"? Because that's true.

Are you trying to say "the analog vinyl is superior to a CD prepared from the same mix"? That's demonstrably incorrect.

Are you trying to say "the vinyl mixes are often superior to the CD mixes"? That's often true.

[uhtred → dsr_]

Maybe they are not implying anything?

[dsr_ → uhtred]

Everything in the universe is either mass or energy (and mass is energy), so making claims about vinyl being "physical" doesn't need to be said. I assume they had a point to make, and I'm hoping that they will make it more clearly.

[beardyw → dsr_]

Sorry. I was just saying that a CD is a digital representation of sound. If you had a CD with a document on it you wouldn't call it a physical copy.

However on a vinyl record the sound is physically represented in the grooves. It is as near to a physical representation of sound as you could get. Like a physical document is on paper.

I have no bias. I listen happily to streaming.