Best Music Media?

[murdocsvan]

What music media (i.e. vinyl, casette, CD) has the best quality music? I have an album by The Who on my computer, and the songs are 320kbps mp3 files, but i still don't think the songs sound as good as they could. Someone suggested FLAC, but i dont know if i can find the album in that format anywhere.

 

[Yami]

Probably vinyl - my grandfather's classical stuff on vinyl is much better quality over a 2.1 setup than the MP3 equivalent played over 5.1 surround.

As for file format, I'm not sure which is highest quality but I tend to go for OGG.

 

[Oreo]

some say vinyl some say CD/SACD/HDCD.

Raw uncompressed file formats are the way to go, or lossless like FLAC.

Vinyl sounds different to 1's and 0's

 

[ricanflow]

Analog sound vs. digital sound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A high quality turntable with a brand new lp and needle can sound better than a cd...you just need the right hardware.

 

[alexsabree]

You cant get much better then lossless imho. In the end, after paying all that money to get all that stuff, the placebo effect will get ya!

^_^

Just stick with a CD or FLAC audio. (or w/e you can find uncompressed)