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by Copernicron 95 days ago
I would argue that vinyl sounds better thanks to the Loudness War[0]. CD is technically superior and should sound better but it's been compressed to hell and back during mastering in ways that vinyl simply can't be due to physical limitations. All that wonderful technology and they can't simply let it be so we get good sound quality.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

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You can fix this by dubbing the vinyl onto a CD-R. It'll sound identical and you won't need to mess with the turntable more than once.