u/stellarsofasafari

I understand ratings are subjective and half the time I’m not sure what people are actually rating with a release. Is it a good press? Is it a cool release? Is it a good album? Who knows anymore.

Personally I’ve always rated the thing that matters being that it is music and there’s usually loads of different releases to pick from; how does it sound?

I’ve recently diversified my medium source and have been buying more cds but almost always, CD ratings are consistently lower than vinyl releases.

Why is this the case? Am I right in assuming it’s because most people’s CD players aren’t getting the best out of the medium and/or people are more likely to invest in a good vinyl set-up?

Thoughts?

I guess it’d be nice to know which master they use too and ratings could help there too.

Edit: clarified question.

Edit 2: added question.

I’ve come home and found optical 1 is now unsupported yet last week when I used the TV it worked fine. Has the cable died? The red light is on on the cable connection.