Quote Originally Posted by kai
Is this true?
Yes, CDs are better quality than vinyl on all but the most expensive of high-end audiophile equipment... and even then, you'd have to have superhuman hearing to notice the difference.

The difference is particularly noticable in the low end, because of the RIAA EQ curve.



This is applied to vinyl recordings so that the needle doesn't jump out of the groove when loud bass occurs in a recording. It's why you need a preamp for vinyl.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization