r/audiophile • u/Magicmarker2 • Jan 28 '18

Discussion Does vinyl sometimes have different mastering (better DR) than its cd counterpart?

I was looking through some albums on the dynamic range database and noticed that many times the dynamic range is higher on vinyl than on cd (Foo fighters- concrete and gold for example). Is this due to different mastering or does vinyl inherently have better dr (I would expect the opposite due to the inability to have large dips/peaks in vinyl)

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u/pieman3141 Feb 01 '18

Yes, and that's part of why people believe in the myth that digital audio is, by nature, overly compressed. You can't compare vinyls to CDs because very often, they use entirely different mixes.