“Of course CDs are compressed too. “
Please cite a reference and edify me.
I hear enormous difference between CD and MP3.
http://www.audioholics.com/audio-technologies/cd-compression-depression
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war
https://www.cnet.com/news/compression-is-killing-your-music/
There is a difference between CD and MP3 as the fast majority of MP3s are even more compressed. But CDs are compressed too.
As I said above I'm very,very serious about music and have been since I was a kid.My attitude is that if a song is worth owning it's worth owning in its purest form which,today,is either CD,SACD or DVD-Audio.I've read that there are discs recorded in one of the several super high fidelity sound formats that one finds on Bluray movies...but I've never seen one.
As "K" said to "J" in Men In Black: "looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again".