digital vs vinyl thoughts

The two are just different. Trying to compare is not very productive.
I have to say a lot of the hype about vinyl playback is just not real.
Remember how easily CD wiped out Lps when it was introduced. that was for a reason.
Sure plenty of vinyl mavens cried foul, but it was a real phenomenon.
So now, with folks getting all warm and mushy over buying a tt and nostalgic over records.. The issues are being faced.
If vinyl does not float your boat.. so what?
I think plenty of folks getting back into vinyl will be smitten by the bug, and buy into it, then realize it was a P.I.T.A. and does not sound 'better' anyway.
Just different.
Maybe a few will stick to it, the rest will proviide the world with used TT and phono boxes, and used Lps for years to come. (by the way... thanks)
Anyway, I have 6,000 LPs, three TTs.. I listen mostly to CD anyway. I still buy tons of used LPs...

Listening to vinyl playback is just another medium, not nirvana, no matter what some claim.
It takes about as much money, usually more, to equal CD playback. In fact i would put it at twice the cost or so..
And it still will sound different

Liz is correct, " trying to compare is not productive ", or meaningful. Both have there virtues. Despite what many try to ram down your throat, one is not clearly better than the other in every way. Some prefer vinyl some prefer digital, lets leave it at that.

The difference is $$$$$$$$$. I have LP's stacked to the ceiling, I'm a dinosaur; all dinosaurs have LP's stacked to the ceiling. Evidently other dinosaurs want young people to get into this very expensive, extremely complex "Dinosaur game".

When comparing ultra high end digital with vinyl, I can not hear one iota of difference, if they both have top software. When I compared the best LP with the best CD, any difference was "illusionary" in regard to the music. When you know you're listening to a top "Koetsu", and everything that goes with it, that makes you hear things.

That's a slight exaggeration, when you listen to a top "Koetsu" and everything that goes with it, you will hear music reserved for the angels; but can you afford it.

Elizabeth:
Thank you. So well stated.

i agree. as a enthusiast i just had to buy a table so i can scour the flea markets for 25 cent records and have more audio gear. i sold my luxman pd444 with a grace 707 and a signet phono cart 30 years ago amd should have remembered it would take more than a 400 dollar[in 2012 dollars] turntable to get to "elevated" performance levels. if i lived in a city with a dealer i would probably be returning/exchanging the project but it's a one way street here in the ozarks. audio gear comes in by ups and never leaves.....just shuffled to another system in another room.