The “How Stuff Works” article is full of technical errors. There are limitations of CDs, and Vinyl has limitations, too. These are decent articles exploring the technicalities: http://www.audioholics.com/edu…

http://www.audioholics.com/edu…

What I take away from this is: Vinyl doesn't quite have the dynamic range of CD. It may be able to reproduce high frequencies better than CDs. Higher sampling rates (96 or even 192) may help with reproduction of sawtooth and square waves.

For the stuff that Bassnectar make, digital is very likely a more accurate representation.

Accuracy's not the be-all end-all, though. I can see people wanting Vinyl because they prefer the resulting sound, and have the high-end equipment needed to play Vinyl well.

I'll leave you with these words of wisdom from a recording engineer. The question was “what do I need to look out for when mastering a WAV to Vinyl, as opposed to CD?”

A couple of quick items:

1. avoid sibilance and too much high end. It distorts more in a vinyl media than CD and can damage the cutter head.

2. Watch levels, with CD you can get a hotter level than vinyl as vinyl will skip. I wouldn't go beyond maybe -10 dBFS average for vinyl, where many CDs are now averaging around -6 or less.

3. Watch bass levels, again CD can handle more than vinyl.

4. Watch phase especially in the bass frequencies. Out of phase material can again cause vinyl to skip.

5. Have a reasonable length for the album. With shorter lengths, the more room will be available to cut the grooves and the less likely skips will occur. As a result, you can get levels hotter, use more bass. That's a major reason why dance/club singles are cut on 12″ and are usually only a few minutes in length.

If you are after the bass that Bassnectar delivers, stay with CD.