Technology Behind Vinyl Records

A vinyl record is an analog recording and cds and dvds are digital recordings.

Technology behind vinyl records.

Easy to mass produce master recordings are copied by placing a lacquer on a record cutting machine. They have the technology to do this today and just need a nudge from us to do so. Record technology is a world class record pressing plant with on site acoustech mastering offering lp lacquer cutting and cd pre mastering full service cd audio cd rom and cassette duplication. A stylus is cone shaped and typically made from diamond or other gemstone or hard metal.

Steam from the press softens the plastic as the stampers push an impression of the master recording onto it. Place a conventional vinyl record on the turntable and the audio is streamed from the record to your sonos airplay or bluetooth wireless speakers. Original sound is analog by definition. Some vinyl records are mastered with better dynamics.

Later during the 1980s advances in technology produced the compact disc hailed as vastly superior in quality as well as size. The speaker driver is a second transducer which converts the electrical energy into sound waves. The stylus fits into the grooves of the record picking up and sending the etched vibrations through the cartridge. The development of vinyl records vinyl records have replaced berliner s rubber discs.

Lps went the way of the dinosaurs. Take a look at the graph below. Technology enhances vinyl records. The recording industry association of america reported that vinyl record sales in 2015 exceeded 400 million in the u s.

Huge hydraulic presses pumped out a never ending flow of vinyl records. Next the stamper is placed in a hydraulic press and vinyl is sandwiched in between. January 25 2017 at 12 06 pm. Almost overnight cds made the hydraulic presses obsolete.

Stampers are just negative versions of the original recording that will be used to make the actual vinyl records. The answer lies in the difference between analog and digital recordings. At some point companies will respond by offering better digital products intended to compete with the vinyl market.