Quote Originally Posted by mutton View Post
well they sound different due to the nature of the formats, and audiophiles are ones who notice the difference

some vinyls have songs not on their cd counterparts, or have different versions or mixes, and that's an incentive to buy them
you could rip vinyl but then some quality is sacrificed

I'm certainly an audiophile, but wasn't aware vinyl was better than CD - at 16bit CD quality, not ripped mp3 of course.

I guess lossless and studio monitors is high enough quality for my ears.

You raise a good point about alternate mixes and off album versions.
Hope I didn't offend, I was just interested.