I still enjoy cassettes from the mid 70s, 7", 10" & 12" flat black plastic, CDs, FLAC & .WAV.
I don't really enjoy MP3 very much though some sound okay.

I mostly enjoy the message encoded in these formats and some of those messages ring out nicely regardless of the format.

The dynamic range of a "record" is fairly limited due to the noise floor but is helped a little by the RIAA in & out. MOST releases, with a decent M.E. and cutting engineer can be pretty good if the record remains clean & damage free. The end result dynamic range will depend on the content, the mixing and mastering.
The sound is often lovely and is what my ears expect...I'm trained to like it. Source material is important though. I have a couple of LPs that are well pressed, almost noise free and are simply un-listenable - disregarding the musical content.

CDs, we didn't have much choice for 20 odd years. The machine stopped sending anything but CDs to the shops. The 1st batch, when they hadn't twigged they needed to change from the RIAA masters to format specific masters, weren't too flash. They weren't/aren't as indestructible as they were promised to be. The dynamic range is deliberate limited BUT with a much lower noise floor they can sound really fabulous. I was reading, today, an article that says the same "master" can be pressed to vinyl or CD. Yeah, it can but it'll sound off without the RIAA EQ reversed on the CD, (a bit like playing a standard cassette tape back on a player with the Dolby B encoder on but more so). CDs have the potential for greater dynamic range but we've all heard "loudness wars" releases that demonstrate that potential isn't always desired let alone achieved. Fortunately the unintended consequence of a variety of "streaming services" having different, yet similar, level requirements and have punitive compression/processing for any variance from it has meant home recorders and meathead mixers have been lead by the nose to leave some headroom and dynamics in their "mastered" works. Mind you I've heard some LUFS compliant stuff that's still brick walled - it's just that the top of the wall is lower.

All of that said: if I have the LP I'm more inclined to play it than the CD IF I have the time to sit & listen. My little D.A.P. gets a lot of use and my "Walkman" gets occasional use. The "Discman" is rarely pulled out and I don't have a truly portable turntable.

The Dead Kennedys were right when it comes to casual listening.

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