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What albums, in your opinion, sound unquestionably better on Vinyl rather than Digital?

So this is not an effort to start a medium-war thread, rather in my view some records just seem to be mastered better on the vinyl record version than the digital version. Three that spring to mind from my record collection:

  • Henri Texier - Varech
  • Tom Misch - Geography
  • JLin - Black Origami (this very surprisingly to me)


I know everyone’s system is different, everyone’s ears are different and everyone’s tastes are different, but for the purposes of this discussion let us assume that YOU are the final arbiter of objective reality!
corvaldt
joyofsound
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I'm partial to wax but I have to say 2 come to mind on a great sound set up:
  1. Kraftwerk - Computer World
  2. Rush - 2112

Of course everyone's perception will vary depending on what the album is playing through.
2channel8
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"Of course everyone’s perception will vary depending on what the album is playing through."

True, dat. I guess that’s where things diverge from Peter’s points. It’s a lot easier and cheaper to get a decent CD playback system than a vinyl one. One component that needs little skill to set up vs a table, a tonearm, a cartridge, sometimes a phono preamp, a bunch of cables of differing properties, a well matched cartridge and a way to set it up, a cleaning system, static control.......
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geoffkait
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I think I might be beginning to see why Peter Aczel was thought by many in the high end to be some sort Audio Neanderthal. He did have a cult following, I’ll give him that.

“His ideas have become...unsound.” - Apocalypse Now!
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