[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1498911007' post='3327922']
The compression thing is all to do with how the signal is processed to appeal to the market. This is totally independent of the reproduction method - except that the CD allows you to compress more and still be able to fit it it on a CD, whereas an LP cannot support that degree of compression.
If you copy an original vinyl to CD through half decent gear then you won't know the difference on play back, it will all be there, complete with surface noise and scratches.
The good news is that a half decent CD player costs a fraction of a half decent record deck, and the CD will still sound the same in 20 years time, whereas an LP won't (if you've played it at all).
An LP might sound good, or even better, according to taste, but to claim it's amore accurate reproduction is just silly.
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Spot on. "Sounds better" is personal perception