Oh and to more directly answer your question, it's possible that the same recording / mastering played on vinyl could best a high-rez stream or CD, but it depends on many of the things already mentioned here. IOW - IT DEPENDS!
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Even with digital recordings and/or mastering, vinyl CAN sound much more analog than the same recording / mastering. And just because a record was "mastered from the original analog tapes" doesn't mean that it will sound more natural (can we agree that that's what "more analog" basically means?). I recently reviewed a recent reissue of Big Star's debut, remastered from the OG tapes right in Memphis, and I compared it to my 80's European digitally remastered. The 80's digitally remastered version was head and shoulders better (although still not great). So much for 2 of the biggest "rules" in vinyl (that would be the country of origin rule and the "must be from an analog tape source" rule). If you're interested you can check out the review here. |