Old lps were cut from analog tapes that s why they sound so high quality.
Why is vinyl more expensive than cd.
Why is new mainstream vinyl now so expensive is it.
The table below lists the sampling rate and the accuracy for cd recordings and the maximum sampling rate and accuracy for dvd recordings.
In 2008 i bought the beatles magical mystery tour reissue new for 25 chf in media markt d oh.
That s about 10 20 more than what it would have cost me back in 1981 and exactly the same it would have cost me 20 years ago.
Digital music as source for vinyl.
By lowering either the sampling rate or the accuracy dvds can hold more music.
Cds can also hold 74 minutes of music.
Thats still three times what youd pay for a digital copy though for a physical artifact usually produced in relatively small batches it seemed fair.
But the majority of today s new and re issued vinyl albums around 80 or more several experts estimate start from digital files even lower quality cds.
Writing for the wall street journal neil shah reported in his article why vinyl s boom is over that.
A few years back new vinyl cost 25 to 30.
And actually the cost is now cheaper than it was in the 70 s 80 s if you think about inflation.