I like this response. I’ve always had a theory that this goes to a bigger concept that music sounds optimum when played in its original medium, because that’s what it was engineered for. “Born To Run” was engineered for vinyl - not cassette, not CD, not digital. Now, take “The Rising” - it was made when digital technology was mainstream, so it’s gonna sound a lot better on CD or MP3 than on some silly vinyl re-issue.
It’s kind of like European disdain for our beer. Most Americans like extremely cold beer, so domestic beer is made to taste best when cold. Problem is, Europeans drink beer cool, not ice cold - so when they drink our beer at room temperature, it tastes like crap.
Now that's got me thinking about what I own that was originally on CD first that I also have on vinyl to test that theory out.