Digitally remastered vinyl record? Seriously?

I agree with you. It was funny but there was a thread quite a while ago that asked folks to pick their reference (whatever that means) LPs and a surprising number of those picks were from digital sources. So we may, very well, be in the minority.

Things like Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms" and Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat" seemed to bubble up to the surface repeatedly. There is no accounting for taste - mine included - but on LP these are chalky and hard sounding at best.

Generally, I would rather just buy the CD if something is sourced digitally.

this and that cd or not cd, but they sound definitely different vs. cd weather it's one or another's choice to buy either digitally remastered vinyl or cd.

Personally, I may never buy a "new" record again.

But always on the lookout for old releases in good playing condition, especially when they come on the cheap. I'll listen to almost anything for a couple bucks and there are many sonic treats out there from the golden age of vinyl, prior to digital taking over almost completely.

"Well, I might be to nit-picky but doesn't that defeat the purpose? We love vinyl because it's an analog source which has all the beauty and vibrance of analog recordings. If you run it through an A-D converter, remaster and then run it back through a DAC (who knows what hardware they're using?) and press it in vinyl, you might lose the analog kick, don't you?"

I would agree with that. Once digital enters the chain, it just sounds like better digital (at best). I'm not familiar with the U2 recording. If it was recorded in analog, I would just get a regular LP original version. If it was a digital recording, then maybe a remaster on something high rez digital like SACD.

Of course you could just listen and decide which one you like best. I have a lot of vinyl, CDs, SACDs, DVDAs, and digital rips and hi res downloads. I have some fabulous recordings in all formats.

Examples: I recently bought the Analog Productions reissue of Junior Wells and Buddy Guy's Hoodoo Man Blues. It sounds shockingly good. I also have Beck's Morning Phase in 24/192 and it's wonderful. And I bought the aforementioned Famous Blue Raincoat for $5 in a used record bin, got a nice copy, and it sounds great too.