Originally Posted by
JohnMcC
I'm interested in this because I finally bit the bullet and bought Peter Gabriel's remastered "So" on vinyl last week and was blown away by the quality of the sound and the quality of the vinyl - silent, completely silent until the music starts, then wonderful dynamic range, huge detail. So I decided to check it out against a high-res download which I bought and which - I'm guessing - is the same basic mix. And I'm quite sorry to say the download just edged it in terms of detail . . . but the vinyl is (and I hate myself for being poncey) more musical?
On the other hand I bought a remastered 2010 pressing of "Court of the Crimson King" this week, because it's had quite a few recommendations on here, and it's poor. Three or four clicks and pops on side one (after cleaning) and I'm not sure it sounded any better than my old original pressing from 1969. So I just don't know. Some will sound better on vinyl, some as high res downloads.