Analogue from Digital

Back in the day (1981 or so) the 3-letter nomenclature was introduced for recording, mixing and mastering. It's known as the SPARS code: A is for analogue, D for digital.

Thus an ADA record was recorded on analogue tape, mixed digitally, and mastered with analogue. By the mid 1980's just about everything was recorded digitally, so much good music is unrecoverable.

It can go both ways. You can have a cd that was original analog recording. Most cd’s have a stamp on the jewel box that will tell you. DDD mean it was digital at every step. AAD analog recorded, analog mixed, digital to make cd. ADD analog recorded, digital mix and digital cd. My thought is to record digital and to press on album it would come down to the dac used as to how the album would sound. Just going through dac conversations here I would like you could have endless options

@sandthemall
I believe the RIAA curve is only applied during retrieval and not when cutting the record.

No, that is not correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization

The correct answer nobody wants to give is vinyl always sounds better because even if all you do is drag a stylus through it this at least is analog, and analog beats digital, full stop period.

Nobody wants to give that answer because it makes no sense.