Why Cd Replaced Vinyl

Vinyl is at the perfect age.

Why cd replaced vinyl.

The mid 1980s i guess. It s survived years of being outdated in the basements and attics of our evolving critical minds long enough for rediscovery. The set up reminded me of how record shops looked in the 80s when cds first moved in on vinyl. Digital records lack the distortion customarily found on lps in loud passages and near the end of a side when the sound is unnaturally compressed.

The space given over to vinyl meanwhile had expanded and pushed into cd territory. Cd sales overtook vinyl in 1988 and cassettes in 1991. Vinyl record sales surpassed cds for the first time in decades. Cds on the other hand have been on the decline.

The 12cm optical disc became the biggest money spinner the music industry had ever seen or will ever be likely to see. I say early 90s vinyl was being replaced by cassette tapes on the late 80s on early 90s the cds start to replace the tapes and i say about 1994 1996 cds simply took over the market for the past few yearswe have seen how digital recording are slowly replacing the cds. Vinyl is in a resurgence of course with records outselling cds for the first time in almost three decades. To say cds have lost their cool factor is a little bit of understatement.

It was as if the switch was on. Released on cd in may 1985 the hit album became a musical mainstay and vinyl fans and audiophiles began to purchase cd players in droves to adopt the growing format. Ldprod istock via getty images. A little history lesson first however came a primitive form of digital recording called pulse code modulation in in 1972 a classical music company denon issued some vinyl which was recorded digitally.

Their sales have dropped by 95 percent since 2000 the peak days of cds according to a new report and are currently at their lowest level since 1986. Cds are old but not old enough to be vintage.