The comment was not about dynamic range, but the nature of the upper amplitude limit (hard vs soft/frequency dependent). That says nothing about the dynamic ran

The comment was not about dynamic range, but the nature of the upper amplitude limit (hard vs soft/frequency dependent). That says nothing about the dynamic range, which is still a creative decision during mastering. I was trying to point out that vinyl mastering is common (contrary to parent post) and that one reason is the technical differences between mediums. I agree, though, that market pressures are a strong driver of the differing creative choices during mastering, but the decision to master separately for vinyl is often indepenent of that.