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Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital

I have not bought a vinyl record since CDs came out, but have been exposed to numerous claims that vinyl is better.  I suspect jazz may be best placed to deliver on these claims, so I am looking for your recommendations.

I must confess that I do not like trad jazz much.  Also I was about to fork out A$145 for Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" but bought the CD for A$12 to see what the music was like.  I have kept the change!

I love the jazz in the movie Babylon, which features local Oz girl Margo Robbie (the film, not the jazz).

So what should I buy?

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bigtwin
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John Schofield  double LP "Hand Jive".  Better than CD?  Impossible to say as people hear what they want to hear.  I can confirm it's a fabulous LP and a personal go to when I want to hear great sound from my turntable.  No need to break the bank.  $37 on Amazon.  Don't love it, send it back. Cheers.

ghdprentice
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The “sound of” vinyl or digital is entirely dependent on the equipment you use to reproduce the sound. I chose my equipment to sound natural and musical. Both sound virtually identical on the same mastering and recording. There is some variance around the pressing number for the master as vinyl masters (I forgot the correct name for the mold copy). wear out. So I find there is some variance sometimes the digital will sound a tiny bit better, sometimes the same. You could put together a system were vinyl sounds beter or that digital sounds better. You can see my systems under my userID.

 

I have several audiophile copies of Kind of Blue. The streaming version sounds the same and only costs $14.99 a month and includes half a million other high resolution albums and ten million red book CD quality albums. Much more cost effective than CDs. So, you have another step to lower your music cost and increase your library size.

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akg_ca
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@ghdprentice 

+1 (emphasis added ) Nailed it …point, set, and match in tennis jargon….. full stop.
 

There is no vinyl superiority over digital high resolution and properly mastered files played on a quality-build 2-channel system with worthy hi-rez resolution capabilities 

 

 

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pindac
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The investigation is quite Simple, the Master Tape being Demo’d in the Link is available to Purchase along with The Vinyl Pressing and CD, maybe even a Streamed Data in now to be found.

It’s Jazz as well, I own both Vinyl and CD, and have loaned both out within my local HiFi Group. The Feedback is more about the uniqueness of the Recording through Bernie Grundman’s skills being presented through the recording.

 

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