For music storage and playback, digital formats offer an absence of clicks, pops, wow, flutter, acoustic feedback, and rumble, compared to vinyl records. Depending on the format, digital can have a higher signal-to-noise ratio, a wider dynamic range, less total harmonic distortion, and a flatter and more extended frequency response. The digital recording and playback processes may include degradations not found in the analog processes, such as timing jitter and distortions associated with band limiting filter choices. Vinyl records remain popular and discussion about the relative merits of analog and digital sound continues (see Comparison of analog and digital recording). Note that vinyl records may be mastered differently from their digital versions, and multiple digital remasters may exist.
For music storage and playback, digital formats offer an absence of clicks, pops, wow, flutter acoustic feedback, and rumble, compared to vinyl records. Depending on the format digital can have a higher signal-to-noise ratio, a wider dynamic range, less total harmonic distortion, and a flatter and more extended frequency response. The digital recording and playback processes may include degradations not found in the analog processes, such as timing jitter and distortions associated with band limiting filter choices. Vinyl records remain popular and discussion about the relative merits of analog and digital sound continues (see Comparison of analog and digital recording). Note that vinyl records may be mastered differently from their digital versions, and multiple digital remasters may exist.