Amazing, but I dont have a record player ... Boomtown is the only CD I have which has one of these plastic strips around the edges and it sounds ok... Having tested your Mp3 against my own lossless rip I agree that the stereo pronunciation is better in the Vinyl Rip... - very interesting. Current setup: Yamaha RX-V567 and Allesandro Grado Music Series One headphones, digital connection to computer...

This little experiment makes me wonder why on EARTH they dont use a Vinyl Rip or better as Source for the digital versions you can buy ???!!! Sigh...