Pixel fire and 2 crates of your choice for cobalt asterias <| sep |> If there is no difference between the sound of a vinyl and an mp 3 , why do people bother releasing the vinyl other than physical cash grab ? I see Steven Wilson mentioned from time to time on here , why would he painstakingly remix so many albums released in a non mp 3 format ? FLAC and WAV files do contain more of the data from the recording . A lot of people can ' t hear a difference . But to say that no one can seems a bit silly . that being said . I don ' t know anything about HD Tracks . Just rip it from the vinyl for best sound or find someone who has already ? . Knowing how to read a spectrogram ? Helps too . Also , the amount of ? ' s in this post should tell you I ' m not the expert . Just a devil ' s advocate for the other side since I listen to artists who do seem to think it makes a difference in sound , not just the idea of having a physical copy .