Title is worded a little weird, I’m not necessarily asking if there are any styles that sound better on vinyl compared to digital, are there any genres that have sounds / instruments that are harder to replicate on vinyl vs another genre?
well… scratching. not as fun on CDs.
Any music on vinyl that was recorded, mixed and mastered for release on vinyl stands a good chance of having the advantage over digital.
I’m not asking if there’s any vinyls that sound better than digital, I’m asking if there are genres that vinyl is better at reproducing than others
Jazz and classical often sound sterile to me on cd or streams. As imperfect as a record is, it is a more enjoyable experience for me with those genres
Not what you asked for but traditional Jazz LPs are really about “sides” of a record. Listening on CD or streaming just isn’t the same if you don’t have to physically flip the record. This is nothing about the audio quality and more about how the work was organized and packaged. To me Art always comes before audio quality. Audio quality should be to make the art more emotionally impactful. I don’t want to feel like I’m in the room with the musicians. I want to feel moved by the music and not even think about the performance. What I’m trying to say is for a lot of albums from the era of LPs as the dominant format should be listened to on an album so you can flip the album. Part of what’s cool about the resurgence of vinyl in the age of streaming is now most of the money is made in. Into NOT streaming. Streaming helps build fans and put asses in seats. The vinyl release pays to produce the album so my artists friends build the album around the vinyl release. We are in this silver age of classic LPs.