Is Vinyl More Expensive Than Cd

Cds and vinyl are more popular than digital downloads once again.

Is vinyl more expensive than cd.

The more information running past the needle per second the more detailed the sound being reproduced. So in the early 90s when the non chart price of a cd was 13 99 in hmv in 1991 that would be the equivilent of around 29 now which. People are still buying more cds than lps. The resulting vinyl album is pricier for fans who can t even listen.

A few years back new vinyl cost 25 to 30. A lot of the cost is inflation and some of the cost is a popularity tax but even then vinyl is still selling in tiny numbers compared to other entertainment so there s only so much novelty add on they can put on and still make it appealing to a wide enough public to sell more units. In other words the overall vinyl market is more than double the riaa figures over 30 million units in 2017. Digital music as source for vinyl.

Per unit an lp is now more than twice as expensive as a cd. So a record spinning at 45rpm will sound better than the same one built to spin at 33 1 3rpm. Manufacturing can take at least a month and is more expensive than cd production. Vinyl unit sales are basically flat.

But the big story is limited streaming services. 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. Firstly due to rampant piracy for the last 20 years from cd burners and downloading the cost of cds has not risen in line with inflation. Vinyl is winning at revenue then because it s more expensive.

This is only about revenue not units. Production capacity is up and more stock is being produced in ever greater numbers so theoretically the cost of vinyl should be going down or at least holding steady not going up. Cds are still getting cheaper while vinyl is getting more expensive. Writing for the wall street journal neil shah reported in his article why vinyl s boom is over that.

Old lps were cut from analog tapes that s why they sound so high quality. They reason vinly is more expensive than cd is for a number of reasons. But it s even bigger than that because a lot of new vinyl sales aren t reported. By jacob kastrenakes jake k mar 22 2018 2 00pm edt.