CD's and Vinyl not vs, but limitations of both

[Tim64]

Read this short article written by recording engineer about both formats kind of a interesting take on the subject. BTW I enjoy both formats and at the moment listening to the poorly mixed Ultimate Who on cd.
http://www.rockedition.com/columns/guest-blogs/why-cds-sound-better-than-vinyl/

 

[Condorsat]

To the author I would say "Thank You Captain Obvious"

Same old same old ... CDs are technically superior to Vinyl ...

True ... but most of that technical superiority was literally pissed out the window in order to cater to the lowest common denominator. AKA Loudness Wars.

 

[Permanent Waves]

Same old same old ... CDs are technically superior to Vinyl ...

True ... but most of that technical superiority was literally pissed out the window in order to cater to the lowest common denominator. AKA Loudness Wars.

Yea, and now the DR of the vinyl releases of newer albums is often better than the DR of the CD version of those releases. So I have to buy, for the albums I really like at least, an inferior (imo) format (vinyl) with the resultant inescapable surface noise (and higher price) and have a friend with a high end vinyl set up rip it to FLAC for me because for some reason they won't release that same more reasonable DR level on the CD version. (I know, affluent 1st world problems, but still...).