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Originally Posted by Maks
Personally with new releases, especially from smaller labels, I'm going back to CD. There is no sense in paying 2-3x as much for the 16/44 files pressed to vinyl that will ultimately not sound as good. Same thing with 90's reissues that at best are 16/48 DAT sources if those tapes still exist. But for all analog reissues and original pressings, I'm a vinyl man.
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Unfortunately, the LP version of a recording often has a higher dynamic range than its CD counterpart, perhaps because record companies think we analog types have higher expectations. (You can confirm this for yourself on the DR database.) Also, with modern recordings, the master tape is often much higher resolution than 16/44.1, so an LP can be pressed with a higher-res master than the CD.