Quote Originally Posted by theaudiohobby
IOW... I do not go around looking for remastered CDs to compare against equivalent LPs cos most of those CDs in question sound terribly inferior compared to the better CDs anyway, so saying that the equivalent LPs sound superior says nothing. ...
I have very few LP & CD duplicates. Of what I've heard, the worst are straight reissues on CD; to me, the main problem isn't "harshness"or "digital artifacts", but rather lack of detail and spatial information. Remasters are generally better but quite variable.

I'm mainly a classical listener and for that music recordings made in the '70's and 80's, whether analog or digitally recorded or mastered, are variable on CD. Quality recordings made in the '90's to present are better, but only on average. The best CDs, not to mention SACDs, made to day are great and I simply cannot imagine them sounding better on vinyl.

Newer CD players are better but not hugely. Granted, I my comparison is entry level and mid-range only -- I have no experience with multi-kilobuck units. With that qualification, I'd say that improvement today over, say, 10 years ago is quite subtle. What makes the biggest difference, IMO, is the recording process, not the play-back.