Vinyl sounds better (shots fired)

Must hurt when a talented artist discovered through ’streaming’ only has a botched low quality pressing...( put the artist on ignore and sent the dude back to his 3 audiophile pressings on repeat)....

There is a solution though for the medium agnostic, an amalgamation of the essence of digital & analog (credit to mark Levinson). One could make the digital studio master sound like master tape.....but, ohhh, the ritual of cleaning, washing & warp removal...the sheer joy of the ritual and the medium loyalty oath that stood in the way...mmhm

@deep_333 

You are criticizing vinyl "dude" for some reason, but do you have a clear message regarding the subject of this thread?

I wouldn't trade my vinyl for digital for anything in the world I have both, and they both sound good, but vinyl does it for me, especially when listening to classical, jazz or blues. Pop? Digital. Recently produced? Digital. But if it was made in the '50s, '60s or '70s, I'll stick with vinyl. Digital, of course, has the 'numbers.' But this is music. 

When I was learning to play guitar, I listened to a lot of pre war country blues all the way back to Charlie Patton on tape and later CD copied from old 78s. It’s amazing how the performances can sometimes transcend the limitations of those old analogue recordings.

It sure is!

@gbmcleod 

Much popular music on streaming services and CD, etc. is marred by the choices made during mastering. This does not necessarily apply so much to vinyl releases, which often sound better as a consequence.

This is sometimes given as the driving force for the vinyl revival. If you look on places such as the Steve Hoffman Forums, you’ll see a lot of attention given to finding the best versions of albums on each format.

Some people go as far as to say that mastering trumps format. I am not totally convinced that this is the whole story, as I suspect there’s something about vinyl per se that we like.

At the end of the day, if it sounds better, it is better.

The other day, I heard some Michael Jackson tracks on the original vinyl for the first time. I was stunned to hear them as they are meant to sound. People were moved to get up and dance. In all these years, I never realised how good he was and how amazing the musicianship is on his records. I’d thought it was just pop music for kids. How wrong I was.