Comment by otabdeveloper4

> You can absolutely press the same compressed masters on vinyl

Nah, there's physical limits of the needle-in-a-groove medium that prevent this.

> or release the uncompressed masters digitally.

Technically yes, but nobody is gonna do this and risk not "standing out".

> who can afford high-end equipment

The average vinyl record player nowadays costs less than $150. The market is absolutely flooded with low-end Chinese turntables.

When a modern person listens to vinyl records for the first time, the immediate reaction is "how the hell do I make this louder so it pops out more".

And the answer is that you can't, the medium just doesn't work like that.