Editing Phonograph record (section)

===LP versus CD===
{{Further|Comparison of analog and digital recording}}
[[Audiophile]]s have differed over the relative merits of the LP versus the [[CD]] since the digital disc was introduced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnxexlHRY2E&lc=z12kxpdq3rqiwlurx04ccb2ymyuqxn4ibkw0k.1497024504664953| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/HnxexlHRY2E| archive-date=29 October 2021|title=inFact: Vinyl vs Digital|last=Dunning|first=Brian |date=19 December 2015|access-date=29 June 2019|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Digital sampling can theoretically completely reproduce a sound wave within a given range of frequencies if the sampling rate is high enough.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Katrina |date=11 October 2017 |title=Which Sounds Better, Analog or Digital Music? |url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/which-sounds-better-analog-or-digital-music/ |magazine=Scientific American |language=en |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref> Vinyl's drawbacks, however, include surface noise, less resolution due to a lower dynamic range, and greater sensitivity to handling.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=DBX-encoded discs—records without noise|last=Feldman|first=Len|date=December 1979|magazine=Popular Science|volume=215|issue=6|page=93|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PAEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA8-PA4|via=Google Books}}</ref> Modern [[anti-aliasing filter]]s and oversampling systems used in digital recordings have eliminated perceived problems observed with early CD players.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Howard  |first=Keith |date=5 February 2006 |title=Ringing False: Digital Audio's Ubiquitous Filter |url=https://www.stereophile.com/features/106ringing/index.html |magazine=Stereophile |language=en |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref>

There is a theory that vinyl records can audibly represent higher frequencies than compact discs, though most of this is noise and not relevant to human hearing. According to [[Red Book (audio CD standard)|Red Book specifications]], the compact disc has a frequency response of 20&nbsp;Hz up to 22,050&nbsp;Hz, and most CD players measure flat within a fraction of a decibel from at least 0&nbsp;Hz to 20&nbsp;kHz at full output. Due to the distance required between grooves, it is not possible for an LP to reproduce as low frequencies as a CD.  Additionally, turntable rumble and acoustic feedback obscures the low-end limit of vinyl but the upper end can be, with some cartridges, reasonably flat within a few decibels to 30&nbsp;kHz, with gentle roll-off. Carrier signals of Quad LPs popular in the 1970s were at 30&nbsp;kHz to be out of the range of human hearing. The average human auditory system is sensitive to frequencies from 20&nbsp;Hz to a maximum of around 20,000&nbsp;Hz.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Physics. 4th ed|last=Cutnell|first=John D.|author2=Johnson, Kenneth W.|isbn=0-471-19112-4|publisher=Wiley|year=1997|page=[https://archive.org/details/physi1998cutn/page/466 466]|url=https://archive.org/details/physi1998cutn/page/466}}</ref> The upper and lower frequency limits of human hearing vary per person. High frequency sensitivity decreases as a person ages, a process called [[presbycusis]].<ref name=presbycusis>{{cite web|title=Sonic Science: The High-Frequency Hearing Test|website=[[Scientific American]]|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-high-frequency-hearing/|access-date=20 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024050555/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-high-frequency-hearing/|archive-date=24 October 2017}}</ref>