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Comparing vinyl sound to hi-res digital remaster

I bumped into Paul McCartney's used vinyl record "Band on the Run" at a yard sale yesterday. The LP was in pretty bad shape, didn't even have inner sleeve, but I got it for one dollar. I then remembered that few years back I bought the "Uncompressed Audiophile 96kHz/24bit" hi-res download of the remastered album (http://www.hdtracks.com/band-on-the-run-hi-res-digital-download-uncompressed), so I decided to compare the LP with the hi-res remaster.

I was sure that the hi-res remaster is going to destroy the old vinyl (I had strong expectation bias). I was stunned when I played both formats side-by-side to hear how LP sounded much, much better than digital remaster. Especially knowing that the LP is old, abused, warped, not in the best overall shape.

Previously I wasn't surprised when I was comparing CDs to LPs and when I heard that vinyl beats the red book format. But I always thought that hi-res digital must have an upper hand compared to vinyl. Listening to both formats on "Band on the Run", I couldn't help but conclude that remastered hi-res digital sounds like a joke compared to the old school vinyl. I'm still in the state of disbelief...


Edits: 05/07/17 05/07/17
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Topic - Comparing vinyl sound to hi-res digital remaster - magiccarpetride 14:06:04 05/07/17 (123)
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