"Music Sounds Better on Vinyl"
Reply #41 –
It all depends on the choices made by the artists/producers/engineers.
I've bought a handful of albums on both vinyl and CD/download in the past few years. Most - such as Lady Gaga's "The Fame" and Depeche Mode's "Playing the Angel" - have obviously been mastered exclusively from the brickwalled CD master: the vinyl both sounds - and looks (waveform) - like a slightly distorted version of the CD.
However, there have been some - most notably Pink Martini's "Splendor In the Grass" and Radiohead's "The King of Limbs" - that had obviously different masterings for the CD/digital and vinyl releases, with the vinyl exhibiting no signs of brickwall limiting anywhere.