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RE: Vinyl article

This is a confusing, if fascinating subject. I have LPs that sound better than the CD versions of same. Conversely I have CD versions that sound better than their LP versions. I have new re-issues of LPs that compare favorably with older original versions of same, but the reverse is true too. One of the most perplexing contradictions is the remaster of older analog recordings. Some remasters are digital, some are analog, and either way the remasters usually, but not always, sound better than the original versions. How can an original analog recording be remastered digitally and then recut as a new vinyl LP and have it sound better than the original analog LP? But this is common.

A separate, but related factor in all this is playback equipment. As we know, playing back vinyl involves crossing a deep river. Turntables, cartridges, tonearms, wires, and phono-preamps all affect the sound of the LP being played. I have also found that CDs sound better on my Sony HAP-Z1ES than they do on any CD player I have tried and they even and often sound better than SACD versions of the same recordings on my Sony SACD player.

The bottom line for me is that it is impossible to draw blanket conclusions about these matters.

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