If you hear a well produced/mastered piece of vinyl and the same well produced/mastered piece on CD in a good system, I believe you will have your answer? Is vinyl more troublesome than just popping in a CD and pressing play? Well hell yes but, for audiophiles convenience is not the #1 priority. Sound quality is. There are some really good digital front ends out there but, for me, they can't compete with a high quality vinyl setup.
Why vinyl?
Here are couple of short articles to read before responding.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/10/listeningpost_1029
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=755
Vinylheads will jump on this, but hopefully some digital aficionados will also chime in.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/10/listeningpost_1029
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=755
Vinylheads will jump on this, but hopefully some digital aficionados will also chime in.