Analog vs. Digital Audio Controversy Resolved

Blažo Guzina   Analog vs. Digital Audio Controversy         Compact Disc 4   3/4” (12 cm) 200 - 500 rpm Vinyl single record 7” (18 cm) 45 rpm Vinyl LP record 12” (30 cm) 33  1/3 rpm     Vinyl’s much-hyped return to radio     Recently, dedicated radio listeners were surprised by the announcement that radio stations in Europe and the United States intend to drag out turntables to play vinyl LPs, invoking the supposed “warmth” some self-described audiophiles associate with an LP’s sound. For those of us with a long memory, the news came as a reminder of how before the digitization of audio 40 years ago, recording engineers and DJs in a radio station control room would use at least two turntables and two or three tape recorders in their everyday routine. Philips and Sony then gave us the Compact Disc - a new type of digital “gramophone record”, h...