Comments by "J Hutt" (@jhutt8002) on "Nyquist-Shannon; The Backbone of Digital Sound" video.

There also the truth that while analog audio has much more errors and smearing than in digital realm, those "problems" can sound comfortable and even really good. That's why analog recorded albums sound (subjectively) better and why people love vinyl even today. Guitars are perfect example of this. Electric guitars get their traditionally distinctive soundscape from poorly designed amplifier circuits, sometimes enhanced by pushing them too far to create walls of analog distortion.
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@guyboisvert66 My biggest grievance is how so many modern albums, especially if you like metal, are mastered terribly in digital realm. Most of those records sound significantly better on LP due to necessary differences working with the limits of the medium. (And possibly because engineers know, those won't be listened on 5$ ear buds or in car stereos...?) It really has nothing to with analog vs. digital. I have few CD's, that actually do sound much better than LP versions. Mostly those are 80's CD releases.
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There's two reasons why vinyl records sound better than CDs: 1) Physical limitations of vinyl require specific mastering, that just sounds better (of course this is completely subjective.) 2) Usually they're mastered much better than CD's. I have few 80's that sound brilliant, but most of them even today are pretty awful. It's just how record companies do it... (And no, records don't sound "scratchy" or "compressed" unless you have crappy equipment or bad record.)
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@pilotavery Could yes. But fact is most commercial CD's sound worse than their LP versions. Like I said, I have few CD's than sound better than same album on LP, but they're rare gems. And like I said, with good equipment and proper setup the noise floor of LP's isn't issue at all.
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@pilotavery Nah. I have good equipment and I like CD's. I buy them regularly. Often the time LP version just sounds better. I don't know how much CD's you listen, but do think they are mastered well these days? Most of music I listen just isn't: They're compressed to flatly loud, with really scooped sound and lack high end definition. I do have really badly produced LP's too, but usually they're done better.
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