When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better?

I love the sound of records through my TT (Goldmund); and only began getting real pleasure
from CD's/digital "after" I used an Equitech "balanced" isolation transformer to separate/isolate power to analog and digital sources. Friends think it's 'overkill' - until they listen, and relax. It has certainly been "transform-ative" to my enjoyment of digital. I have found using top level MIT Oracle interconnects contributes enormously to my enjoyment of digital as well. (I also agree w geoffkait about providing a stable base for the digital player)

I also appreciate the significant contribution of the ULTRABIT PLATINUM cleaner and treatment for CD's (as do countless others)
Kudos to 
George S. Louis, Esq, CEO, Digital Systems & Solutions
www.audiogeorge.com

yes, GregKohanmin nailed it .

@ptss so true!! I had to return Linn Akurate player because its digital power supply totally f$&@-ed up the rest of my system!  

I got into the lp culture when i was 15 by winning a raffle that gave me 7 lps of my choice. My collection ballooned from there. At university i went to a hifi show and bought my first turntable, amp and speakers. When my engineering friends introduced me to cd i thought it was emperor's new clothes syndrome. CD sounded awful next to my humble set up that was more detailed and had  an obvious vibrant dynamic range advantage compared to the silver discs. I am lucky or perhaps stubborn that i never wavered. Believing my ears even when i was a hifi leper. I often now have friends i went to varsity with with and their silver discs and hi res downloads over for dinner. No comparison and regularly suprise them with a 30 year old lp that is sublime.