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?
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?
From an audiophile point of view, it’s a complete nightmare as, from a quality control perspective, things are often not the best vinyl wise.
That said, vinyl was and remains to be a fundamental part of the music and the sound system culture that surrounds it. All of the Jamaican music I buy now is on CD but nothing beats the sound that comes out of an old 45 when the needle drops.
I agree there are a lot of trash pressings. However there are couple of labels as Dubstore from Japan which specialize on high quality repressings of 70s/80s tunes. These mostly sound incredible.
The even more important perk about vinyl in this style of music are the tons of vinyl-only releases, especially in contemporary dub.