First of all lets discuss the differences between Digital and Analogue.
The sound that we hear is the result of analogue oscillating pressure waves that travel travel through the air and cause vibrations in the inner ear.
When analogue sound waves are recorded into a digital format an Analogue to Digital Converter is used to turn these pressure waves into 1's and 0's that can be stored as a digital file, while the reverse must take place in a Digital to Analogue converter in order to get back to a sound that we can hear.
While your vinyl LP's have music stored in an analogue form, all of the CD's you have are already digitised. They are simply a collection of 1's and 0's that have been stored on an 8cm silver disc.
We at High End Speaker do not think that the location of these 1's and 0's makes any difference to the quality of the sound at all. Having experimented with the XiVA musicm8 for a prolonged period, we are 100% certain that music stored on a CD, a USB stick, a Hard Disc Drive, or even a Mini Disc is fundamentally identical. The digital data remains EXACTLY the same no matter that media it is stored on, it is still just a collection of digital data.
This means that for most people they do not need to digitise their music collection at all, they simply want to copy the existing data to their computer Hard Drive.
This brings with it a host of benefits which include having all of your music in one easy to access location that can be searching in a matter of seconds without searching for the right disc - in fact you can store your CD's out of the way in the loft or a cupboard rather than in your living room or at your office desk.
Accessing your music collection becomes incredibly simple and practical using a range of systems such as the Sonos Multi-Room system or even an Apple iPod, which will allow you to rediscover songs that you have not heard in years and forgotten you even own.
There are a few reasons that Audiophiles disagree with storing music on a computer or iPod, but these are usually caused by misunderstanding, ignorance or past experience of Digital Music being done wrong. To avoid these problems check back over the next few days as we explain how to do Digital Audio right, first time round.
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