Old vs. new

Mastering for LP vs CD is a different process, very often a different engineer and facility ( for the same title ) a careful read of your liner notes ( you know the ones you crave ) will reveal this...

lots of you seem stuck in a narrow groove based on an old dataset... kinda like judging the new Vette on the “ plastic pig “ of the eighties... sad

the rare artists, up and coming these days to be able to release digital and analog...

how do I know? We sponsor analog releases for an artist out of Tacoma.

re Bop , Ry sang it well : “ the very thing that makes you rich will make you poor “

try to get out now and then...

But for those not cement shoed into 1982, and possessed of a halfway decent DAC, do checkout 2L Recordings ( the Nordic Sound ) The download bench. The first hit is free.....

Also for those with an open mind and access to a comparable quality CD player to TT, the Waterlilly catalog contains many LP/CS/SACD releases of same title

your mileage may vary

But.... just like life....31 flavors and it’s just ________ for you

btw, I hire a sensei to kick my complacent a$$

Taz is right. buying LPs is a hit or miss proposition and it always has been. I have some incredible reissues and some pretty crappy ones but if I like the music I'll listen to the crappy ones anyway. There are many other good points here. Many of the old popular masters sucked. They were made by stoned people using what we would now call sub standard equipment. The remasters digital or not sound much better. Bop is a great record what ever the sonics are but my favorite is The Slide Area. He puts Blue Suede Shoes on fire. 
A digital Master can sound better than the old analog one even on vinyl.
Cowboy Junkie's Trinity Sessions is a great example. It was a digital recording. Pretty much everything after 1985 is digital. I think Telarc was the first to release digital recordings. I remember everyone being blown away by the dynamics in The Firebird. I think they were using 24/50.
Downloads are also hit or miss. A real 24/96 download can be terrific. I do not waste money on 24/192. I can't tell the difference. Again, it is all about the mastering. You have to download from respected sites like HD Tracks or Acoustic Sounds. I am sure there are sites that just download up sampled CDs.