Comment by thirdsun

> This is also why modern vinyl releases sound a lot better than digital: they are mastered differently since its assumed everyone is going to be listening on good equipment.

In my opinion that‘s a myth and certainly not a given. There are plenty of subpar vinyl masters and terrible pressings out there. And it‘s not that difficult to find good digital masters these days. More important than the medium is the genre, label and target audience - I have a pretty obscure and diverse taste, including rarities from past decades which are finally being re-issued for the first time and while mixdowns certainly vary in quality it‘s mostly fine and the result of a careful process these days.

However things might be worse when it comes to mainstream music.