Issue with dynamic range database

Ralph, sugabooger, The vinyl in the youtube video is not more dynamic than the CD, no doubt about it.. The TT meter does not work for vinyl. Is vinyl sometimes mastered with greater dynamic range than digital releases of the same album though? Many people believe that is the case.

They can be mastered differently to compensate for vinyl limitations. In this case that was not done.

Is vinyl sometimes mastered with greater dynamic range than digital releases of the same album though? Many people believe that is the case.

This is certainly true; we always try to get the file with the least amount of DSP (other than normalization) when we are mastering an LP.

But in this case the files for the LP and digital releases are the same.  If the cartridge is a MM, distortion is pretty common if the cartridge was not loaded properly. That would show up as extra energy: more 'dynamic'.

Got it.