>But even playing AIFF and WAV files on computers still doesn’t sound as good as if >you burned the file directly to CD, because of this compression in the computer >system.

Hello?????

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Interesting read and fair play to him for what he believes. But yeah, unfortunately this article has it's fair share of inaccuracies. I thought the bit about the crowd coming through the needle was quite good, i'd never really thought of this, but if this really matters to you, why don't you put the channel up on a deck and just leave it on, playing nothing???

Totally agree with a DJ playing CD's looking shite, but then, if that's a problem, why not entertain ppl instead of mixing with your face down at the decks???

Also, if we really want to start drawing comparisons about sound quality, what about fluff on the needle (which, when you play vinyl tends to happen for at least 1/3 of your set). And what about records skipping or jumping because of badly set up stages and/or dj booths?

Vinyl DEFINITELY sounds better I think but ONLY when you're at home, with a perfectly cleaned record, good quality deck set-up and no outside stimuli messin up the equation. And in this club game, the amount of things you personally can't control as a dj is unreal. That's why nearly 75% of the time, I have to reach for the CD bag. Like I say, sure it looks crap, but just like Mr C, ALL i care about is the music quality. If you have to raise your hands a few extra times to compensate for lack of hand movement on a set of 1210's then so be it.

You know, I will say this. When I play CD's, I record about 80% of tracks I play off vinyl simply because the job the engineer does at the cutting plant is ABSOFEKINLUTELY essential in the equation of making music. The sooner people realise this and stop fretting over format, the better. To be fair, you CAN ever-so-slightly tell a difference with playing a recorded CD on a CDJ1000 to that of playing the same record on a 1210 (the way the pitch control works is ever-so-slightly noticable imho), but it's nothing to loose sleep over and if you're really that arsed about the sound of the pitch control, well the record the vinly with the pitch control on the 1210 at sort of around about how you want it for club play.

Wow, what was supposed to be a 1 sentence answer has just turned into a god damn essay hahahaha :hissyfit: :lol: