Does it really sound better?

no, but you can't roll a blunt on an mp3 file

With the proper equipment, absolutely. It's not even a debate.

Better is subjective. It definitely sounds different. Some people prefer the analog sound. Some people prefer the digital sound.

it sounds so gritty and more "real" man

*hits doobie*

>>73751450
the potential to sound better...if it had digitall masters & brickwalled dynamics, you got hosed

>>73751450
digital is objectively superior in terms of accurate sound-reproduction but often times vinyl releases are mastered much better than their digital counterparts for whatever reason.

The only people who would argue that digital is superior are people who have never experienced vinyl through an expensive high quality setup.

Honestly, cassette can sound better than digital with the right equipment.

>>73751528
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this guys knows what's up.

>>73751450
No.
People just refuse to get with the times when things are improved upon and automatically think older = better.

>>73751450
In the vast majority of cases, no, but collecting my favourite albums on vinyl seems to appease some autistic part of me

>>73751450
It has the potential to, but you need a ridiculously expensive setup just to reach the same quality level of a good CD player with digital output.

More important than CD or Vinyl is the quality of the recording and the mastering. To take an extreme example, Metallica's Death Magnetic will sound like absolute garbage no matter the medium. Still, I find most of the time I prefer CD or SACD to vinyl just due to the popping and background noise that vinyl is so susceptible to.