Know nothing of vinyl because I abandoned it in the 80s.
Have found, however, that you can get a significant amount of air with CDs by upsampling them in JRiver to 192/24 then playing them back with a quality converter. Engineers have explained to me that the improvement happens during the playback conversion when the better SN ratio produces a quieter result that has, consequently, more "air."
Have also noticed that higher res digital files (94/24 is the studio standard) have this sense of "air" about them.
Have found, however, that you can get a significant amount of air with CDs by upsampling them in JRiver to 192/24 then playing them back with a quality converter. Engineers have explained to me that the improvement happens during the playback conversion when the better SN ratio produces a quieter result that has, consequently, more "air."
Have also noticed that higher res digital files (94/24 is the studio standard) have this sense of "air" about them.