Part of the reason for the vinyl resurgence was the releasing of Dynamic Range compressed remastered CDs from the nineties onwards. Basically a generation of dud music. Vinyl releases have way better DR and now a generation of music fans can actually hear that ‘vinyl sounds better than CD’ (comparing to their recent CD versions. (Sorry off topic).
Maybe non-DR compressed 5.1/Quad downloads would appeal to a new generation too?
Maybe non-DR compressed 5.1/Quad downloads would appeal to a new generation too?