New LP's made from analog or digital masters

Paul, you may have answered my concerns about the new records being issued. If they are being made from digital masters do they sound the same as cd's or better? Anyone else have any experience comparing the sound of cd's and digitally mastered records?

" I have several digitally-mastered albums that are almost inextinguishable from the redbook version played on a very good DAC."

Those must be the ones that are not warped and do not have a lot of surface noise that many new record buyers these days seem to complain about.

So what % of new issue LPs clearly sound BETTER than good CD re-masterings I wonder?

Before one gets too crazy about revisiting past vinyl glories with new record purchases you must realize that things behind the scenes during production have changed, for better or for worse, even if the resulting end format (33 1/3 LP) is the same.

"As I have said in other forums:perhaps since vinyl is the only format in the music business that is showing GROWTH,the big labels will jump into the fray.

Not only do I doubt it, but I seriously hope it does not happen because the result will only be higher prices and more profit for the vendors for a product that is not reliably better sounding and also less user friendly in many ways.

I'd rather see the industry continue to move forward with digital as it undoubtedly will but deliver the media in a larger, more user friendly package, similar to 33/3 LP covers and packaging. That would truly be the best of both worlds for me in most cases.

"inextinguishable"?

Thanks, Mr. Spell Checker!

"Those must be the ones that are not warped and do not have a lot of surface noise that many new record buyers these days seem to complain about."

Some new vinyl does have that problem. For example, spent $50 on a great Ray Brown 45 recently, did not notice till I opened it after several weeks that one side of record one is 1/4" higher than the other. Amazing part is it still sounds great.

One example off the top of my head of something digitally mastered that sounds like CD is Tigerlily (Merchant).

(I am assuming it was digitally mastered - if not I am going to look stupid.)

Both versions sound quite good but I am hard-pressed to prefer the vinyl.