As parent alludes to, I don't think it's a matter of CDs sounding worse in an objective sense, but lacking an affectation of the medium that some people like in

As parent alludes to, I don't think it's a matter of CDs sounding worse in an objective sense, but lacking an affectation of the medium that some people like in vinyl. Think about movies: ordinarily they're shown at 24fps. Higher framerates are objectively higher quality, but don't feel "cinematic" because they aren't what audiences are used to, and in some cases the additional detail makes special effects and makeup more obvious, diminishing the sense of reality. From an information-theoretic perspective, a vinyl LP is garbage compared to a well-mastered CD. From an aesthetic perspective... people like what they like?