Digital LP’s


Has anyone noticed that LP’s made from digital sources don’t sound as good as actual CDs.  The seem to lack spaciousness and detail.

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I've read on this forum a few times of people who after having spent tens of thousands on both their digital and analog rigs assert that they now sound the same.

Not being able to discern the difference between an apple and an orange seems to be a bit of a tragedy.

It makes me wonder if they would notice any difference after changing their cartridge out for another cartridge type. 

Interesting question . 

I have replaced a few of my John Prine albums released as early as 1991 " The Missing Years "on CD and finally in 2013 on vinyl and I feel that the vinyl sounds better , this is also true for later albums he released , " In Spite of Ourselves " and "Fair & Square " .

The same goes for Rickie Lee Jones " Traffic From Paradise " and " It's Like This "

 

  

 

Vinyl actually has less dynamic range than a 16 bit CD. But for pop and rock music dynamic range is pretty irrelevant as most recordings are compressed into a very narrow dynamic range window. Perceived differences between vinyl and CD are very dependent on mastering and on the relative quality of the playback systems used to make the comparison.

My friend from Music Direct he prefers cd on classical the rest on vynil.I think if I remember classical can be more  manipulated digitally  dynamically speaking..