Metallica "Death Magnetic" - Vinyl sounds better than CD

I found this to be of interest, the recording techniques may have got the best of the metal band

The vinyl LPs of "DeathMagnetic" sound better than the CD release.

Not by a huge margin - they were clearly made from the same, heavily distorted original mixes, but despite this they sound a little more real, more dynamic, more spacious and (yes, really!) more exciting.

That's the good news. The bad news is that the difference isn't that huge, and not all the tracks sound much better - there is more difference on some than on others. And also, the versions I listened to are the $100 5-LP set. So not only do you need a turntable to listen to them, but they aren't cheap.

There are however several fascinating questions which are raised by this, of which the most controversial is:

Did the CD mastering actually make the sound worse ?

To read the rest of this compelling story: http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/2008/10/metallica-death-magnetic-vinyl-sounds.html