if the 90’s were defined by classic retro videogames with pixel and “old” graphics, then why was music and images so high quality?? for example, in 1995 radiohead released “the bends”, a cool album!! but it doesn’t sound like it was made in 1995, because in 1995 videogames were pixelated and had blurry graphics, shouldn’t it have been that way too?? if technology was that way in 1995?? why does that album sound so high quality and modern if it was made around the same time old retro games were made?? thank you!?
There was a huge jump in audio recording technology right around that time. They switched to digital and the primary device people listened on was a digital CD player. It was still expensive and needed boat loads of hard drives so only the major labels and production companies had it. Check out the differences in bands that had a lot of sound effects and samples like hip hop or EDM to really see the stark contrast.