Originally Posted by autumnholy
I thought analogue was the poorer audio recording compared to CDs? I may be wrong. Just wanna clarify this.
Analogue is the only kind of sound. By the time you hear a CD, it is converted to analogue.
Digital is just a means of storing the data... CD's are just a series of pits and landings(1's and 0's), which are then translated into an analogue sound wave.
Vinyl on the other hand are grooves that require no translation.
The debate on which one is a higher sound quality is a harsh one, but in the end I'd say they both have their pro's and cons, and it really depends on your definition of sound quality. I'd agree with bigshot on CD's having the upper hand over all.
But if there were a better way to store analogue sound without having the disadvantages that come from vinyl(for example like how they stored music in water on Metalocalypse), that would be undoubtedly superior, as digitally stored music will always be lossy to some extent.