Madman! Digital vs Vinyl

Fuzztone is correct. Bill Evans’ Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961 sounds better on CD than vinyl, so does Duke Jordan’s JORDU. It would be incorrect to conclude based on this small sample size that CD sounds better than vinyl. It just is not scientific. Sorry to bust your bubbles but there is no “result “. The experiment needs more data to be conclusive. Nice try though. 
N.B. Again I am talking about specific CD recordings of these two albums. 

I have been carrying out CD vs Vinyl on different TT > Tonearm > Cartridge combinations over the past few years.

In the same way a TT > Tonearm > Cartridge can sound very different to each other, adding the CD replay into the equation can also show a different emphasis on a recording.

I have also got a Pre Amp with Two Inputs only for this experience and can set up the CDP to almost share the same replay as the LP.

Swapping Sources is just a one click operation, and I have Albums that are almost parity for the Volume setting and Albums that can require a few clicks on the Volume to achieve a close volume match.  

I have not got too lost in which is the best, as either has areas within a recording that can be an attractor in comparison to the other.

I have come to a stage where I ask which Source is the most desirable to be lived with if the replay is left to run on from one Source.

With this method, the extended listening is usually settled into within a Track, and the other Source can be left without need to be reintroduced.

This experience stands for both Vinyl and CD, neither has a place of superiority when the SQ is assessed for the attraction it produce during a presentation. 

I do this once a year - testing the state of digital streaming, vs vinyl. In my system, vinyl still rules. I compare a high end analog chain to a mid-end digital chain. So of course, analog wins. Even so, I note that the gap is getting smaller. I compare the Lyra Atlas cart, to the Teac NT-505 dac/streamer.

I have the original Tumbleweed connection LP, and can tell you that it sounds great, better than digital, in my system. However it does not include Madman across the water (and I dont have that LP). What I can say is, some Tumbleweed connection songs, like Love song, sound absolutely fabulous on my vinyl rig. Also quite good from Qobuz streaming (AKM dac - better sound than I had before). I greatly enjoy the LP originals of Tumbleweed, and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. These transport me into the time and the spirit of the artist, much more than any digital version - so far.

Lyra Atlas ? Formula 1 vs a Pinto…..

Enjoy the music

Tomic601 - so they say. But is it really such a big improvement in digital sound, from "good mid level", to "top level"? I don't have much experience. But from what I've heard, it still sounds digital to me....