Vinyl sounds better (shots fired)

@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.

@newton_john Thank you. That is a very elegant explanation for the differences people hear (if they do!) between music released on vinyl and digital.