CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl

Not true at all , if you have a good recording and a Good quality
digital playeror dac, with good cables , digital can better a record in several ways that are excellent. Vacuum tube dacs sound rich
and detailed ,as well as top solidstste units..
A record is only capable of12 bits,digital more then double that.  SN ratio not even close, dynamic range is at least 30 dB betterthen any record, as well
as well as low Bass response. Any record player that is decent will cost over $5k with cables, with  a good quality cartridge. Digital in a similarpriced comparison is every bit as good or better, please 
remember the new records are are well mastered.
buy a mobile fidelity digital master , or MQA master digital recordings  you have excellent quality music, and digital keeps getting better and better.

Sleepwalker 65 , you didnot mention what your digital setup was and cost ,and cables, as well as your record player setup.
we want to know what you are comparing to see how you came to that conclusion .i owned a Audiostore ,and they both can sound 
excellent ,the latest digital has several inherent advantages.
SN ratio, Dynamic range , 2x the musical information on the given
disc,or recording, as well as much lower Bass response.
that is the mechanical limitation of records, and every year digital
continues to keep getting better and I donot miss having to clean ,
de static, the pops  and clicks. Cartridge,needle upkeep. No I just 
pull out my tablet play a few CDs in any order I want and just enjoy 
them .

Hello Sleepwalker 65 ,the gibberish is a fact , even though it is a different format the max for a record is just over 12 bits .
just look up what a bit is , educate yourself .
your system is Waay outdated. You are still back in the stone age 
as far as Audio capabilities.yes sometimes the truth can be painful.
go to Any quality store and you will see, maybe for the first time
your $500 CD player is as basic as it gets You get what you pay for !!

Sleep walker 65 , your digital is so poor , no wonder it is not close to your turntable, try investing $5k in a aluminum player,or antipode, Aurender
but first alll your music library needs to be ripped to a shard drive 
then  your digital will take on yet another level like myself I use only Solid state drives,night and day faster ,no mechanical switching and a better medium .
and dsd recordings may or may not even become main stream.
hd tracks and other down loads give you hires recordings. A 24/96 bit recording 
is the standard for most quality recordings and 2 x more musical information 
then any record can provide 12 bits is all that is possible. You like records for they are richer .there are incredible digital products out there ,Vacuum Tube ,
and solid state.  Start reading computer Audiophile.
 Your are driving a Kia for digital and untill you get into something on a 
much higher level you will never know. Go to a quality Audio store and sit down 
and listen . For you to evening of your cables for analog to be Beldon
is way down on the audio quality list. Heldon make a great Ethernet cable,
thats it . Myself modify all my gear for stock equipment unless $$ high end 
internally is all builtto a price point .for the record, no pun intended less then
25% of the cost of a item actually goes into the product, the rest R&D overhead
and markup. That is why you put much better wiring , upgrade speaker Xovers 
and internal resistor capacitors power supplies. Even your record player is far from the top. Yes ur quality is = to maybe a $3k system at best . Strat getting out more to the Audio stores. What is the rest of yoursystem ,Speakers,
electronics,and cables ? This too tells a lot about the weakest link in the chain.
this is one hobby that being frugal will  expose many short coming .
tome to start spending $$ to get with the times. I owned a Audio store for years
and seen people spend $50k on a system but would not spend even $2500
on cables ,even offering to lend  them to compare. Afraid of spending more 
mentally csnt justify why a cable should be expensive.  Check out all your options.