SciShow's video: Does Analog Music Really Sound Better Than Digital

Go to https://ground.news/scishow to stay fully informed on the latest science news, compare coverage and avoid media bias. Subscribe through our link for 40% off unlimited access. Everyone has that friend who loves records and insists that analog music is superior to digital. But is that true? Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) Correction: 2:06 Although this graphic can be found in many seemingly reputable sources, we’ve ultimately determined that it’s misleading. Digital recordings can produce continuous sound waves with no information lost if the sample rate is sufficiently high. The Nyquist-Shannon theorem states that if the digital sample rate is at least twice the highest frequency of the signal, the output is a perfect copy—not an approximation—of the original analog sound wave. SciShow appreciates the many comments on this and regrets the error. ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Odditeas , Garrett Galloway, DrakoEsper , Kenny Wilson, J. Copen, Friso, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Rizwan Kassim, Harrison Mills, Christoph Schwanke, Jeffrey Mckishen, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Ash, You too can be a nice person, Piya Shedden, charles george, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSwGscv-_s8sUwkD4H4_5KbGycLPUs6prUWjm5oNnKQ6wlVJ8_2Kog3h3ImuR-RoKAZaTmRczrmWSbr/pub