That's the issue here. The loudness war made any CD mastering a race to make the most compressed track, just to sound louder than the competition.
Technically, digital should sound better. The technology is better. Sound engineers are making sure this is not the case.
Vinyl forced better mastering.
That's pretty offensive and ignorant. The loudness wars ended at least 10 years ago.
That's the issue here. The loudness war made any CD mastering a race to make the most compressed track, just to sound louder than the competition.
Technically, digital should sound better. The technology is better. Sound engineers are making sure this is not the case.