I have now compared over 2 dozens LPs to their CD counter parts.
All of the CDs and LPs have varied from original release to remasters.
Given this I believe that playback has more to do with what I hear than
the recording/mastering process.

Yes, if you prefer the added 'sound' of LP, then you will tend to prefer
LPs to any or the
digital formats because the latter lack such added distortions of the
original
recording...all other things being equal, which is rarely the case. In
vritually every
case you are hearing not on the LP's euphonic distortion, but different
mastering as well.

I have a theory that people are trying to relive the experience, common in
the 1960s or early 1970s but rare now, of being *dazzled* by the high
quality of someone's sound system. Nowadays, even cheap equipment is not
too bad, and really dazzling experiences are rare.

The dazzling experiences we had 40 years ago were strongly affected by the
limitations, as well as the virtues, of vinyl recording.


--