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The best parameter to use for this comparison is dynamic range, with numbers well above 100 for high res digital. The numbers speak for themselves. Although I have tons of vinyl, my ears tell me the same. Neither vinyl nor tape are high resolution by today's standards.
09-09-14: Psag
The best parameter to use for this comparison is dynamic range,
No, it's not. There are many other parameters that are more important to audio resolution, including data density, bandwidth, rise time, and the ability to differentiate tiny changes in amplitude. This latter is probably the most important factor in high resolution. It's the one that enables us to identify Horowitz vs. a jr. college piano student, a real Frank Sinatra recording from a Branson MO impressionist. Yet, there doesn't seem to be a standard of measure for it and I've never seen it in a test report. Yet, it is this ability to finely delineate amplitude that endears so many audiophiles to tubes, beryllium or diamond tweeters, electrostatics, and planar magnetic speakers.
...with numbers well above 100 for high res digital.
Analog tape was hitting these numbers over 30 years ago.
The numbers speak for themselves.
No, they don't. Dynamic range extremes don't speak to anything but dynamic extremes. That measurement doesn't indicate bandwidth, rise time, data density, or delineation of minute changes in amplitude.
Although I have tons of vinyl, my ears tell me the same. Neither vinyl nor tape are high resolution by today's standards.
A non sequitur. Just because you don't identify the difference doesn't qualify you to dismiss analog recording and playback media as low-res.

If you want to see a more measured and objective measurement and evaluation of LP and digital recordings and playback including bandwidth and dynamic range, see this. There are 4 pages; read them all.
I mostly listen to digital via hi-rez files 24/192 and far less use my CD-drive.
Regardless of hi-rez format, for some reason per given array of digital playback advantages, vinyl playback has substantially less fatigue over the long hours.