Vinyl/CD

[Michael Potas]

>It's primarily due to the limited bandwidth and dynamic range of the CD
>media; 22KHz isn't enough bandwidth to quantify enough ambient information.
>The limited dynamic range of the CD (98dB vs 130dB+ for vinyl) forces
>compression, which obscures the  micro-dynamics and other details that give
>a recording fullness.

As I understood it, one of the main reasons for the introduction of the CD was a supposed better dynamic range.  I thought vinyl was claimed to have much more noise and hiss, which reduced the usable dynamic range to about 60-70dB. I think current vinyl is much better than this now. 

I completely agree about everything else!

Cheers,

Michael