Vinyl mastering is sometimes better than CD mastering though, due to the loudness war.

I would love to sell my turntable and vinyl collection and rely purely on digital formats. Takes up less space, technically superior format, etc.

But one thing keeps me buying vinyl:

AWFUL mastering on CDs. A significant portion of LPs are released with more normal mastering on the vinyl, while the CD will be brickwalled all to hell.

I listen to metal, and rock as a broader genre is particularly bad about it. One of my favorite albums of last year, Fallujah's The Flesh Prevails, had a dynamic range of 2 to 3 on almost every track on the CD. The vinyl master? 9 to 10. Still not great, but leaps and bounds better. The CD actually clips if you convert the songs into MP3.

Until they go back to not murdering CD mastering, I'll continue buying vinyl :(

(I know your comment isn't directly about vinyl being bad or anything - I just have a compulsion to bitch about the loudness war any chance I can)