Digital recordings on Vinyl

That's more to my point Lowrider. Will well recorded digital always sound better on a really good dac, as well recorded analog sounds best on vinyl? I have a budget dac, Emotiva, but know there are some really nice ones out the ie Berkeley etc and as much as I love analog, almost no one, if anyone, is recording analog. A lost art. It's like a digital picture vs a film pic. 2 totally different animals, each with it's virtues but they don't really cross over well.

"I've generally tried to avoid it but now I'm weighing the difference between getting a really good dac or just just getting the vinyl cuts and playing it on my awesome analog rig. You?"

That's a really good question. I'm surprised more people don't ask it. I generally stay away from digital recordings on vinyl. To me, it just sounds like better digital and is not worth the effort.

Will well recorded digital always sound better on a really good dac, as well recorded analog sounds best on vinyl?

As discussed here many times, they're 2 different formats and I think the key to good digital is more than just the DAC. You have to consider all the components such as the master clock, the right cable and choosing tube or SS DAC for your individual system. So I guess I'm saying a great digital setup will provide a great listening experience and can be just as enjoyable as vinyl. As long as you don't get into the analogue vs digital wars.

The whole question is a red herring. The problem is not in one 'kind' of recording ie 'digital' ve analog..
It is far more in tthe individual recording. mastering chain.
So it is easy to have a superior all digital CD, or digital LP, just as it is easy to have a POS sounding all analog LP.

For myself I NEVER even bother to check if an LP is a digital master. remaster etc.. Nor if a CD is all digital or not.

Elizabeth has it right, depends on the individual recording. mastering chain. Just as their can be huge differences in analogue vinyl recordings, so too in the digital realm. Wait, Sony's new HiRes stuff will shortly appear and better choices will be available.