Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD

Cassettes are cool. Better grab em up quick, though. They don’t make em any more. 

I’m much more happy to use a cassettes than CDs
CD format is dead, let’s face it, digital is all about files, not a CDs

Each CD can be copied on hard drive and your digital device will find a cover and tracklist online automatically. Scratched CDs are useless and can not be played (even scratched vinyl can be played, but not a CD), hard drives also dies occasionally. Even the best CDs can be copied with no loss. So what we’re missing without CDs ? A printed booklet if there is any? Digital format cost nothing, everything can be copied in digital for free with no loss in quality.

There is no future for CDs. The industry tried to fool people when CD format was invented, but it does not replaced vinyl after all. Dealers who bought warehouses full of vinyl records in the 80s/90s became millionaires. Young Hipsters, adult vinyl collectors and music lovers still buying vinyl. Vinyl is a good investement, not a CDs. Digital has no value at all, it cost nothing and alway will be nothing!

There is no such media format for young generation as CD or DVD, BlueRay, MiniDisc, DAT cassette or whatever, everything is on the cloud, streaming for free.

The only format which is continuously fascinating people of all kinds is Vinyl. I bet everyone would love to have a turntable and vinyl collection of the favorite albums, not everyone willing to pay for it. Nothing can beat vinyl, it’s an art form, the most exciting physical media format!

Cassettes are cool and cheap, new independent record labels releasing music on cassettes in limited edition series. 20 years old hipsters buying them even if they don’t have a cassette player (same with vinyl records). This is just cool!

Majority of audiophiles are so boring when it comes to discussion of ticks and pops, vinyl cleaning etc. 

Vinyl will never be replaced by any format, at least in our life. There is always an alternative to use, but vinyl is everywhere all my life and even new releases from very young musicians coming out on vinyl. Every musician would love to have their own album on vinyl, this is the only format they can actually sell for money, the rest will be copied for free. 

"Less wobbling equals less jitter" I enjoy the way you make up 'facts' that have no basis in any reality except the one in your head. It reads fine. 'gee sure that sounds like a fact'. Sadly it is NOT A FACT.Here IS an article with some ACTUAL INFORMATION..        
https://www.stereophile.com/reference/590jitter/index.html Now if you want to say the Japanese disc have better delineation of the data in the pits and lands.. Well yeah, probably. They are more careful in general, and maybe that might lead to less jitter. But the out of round outer edge.. nonsense and is utter rubbish.

Minor, not everyone see's things from an Audiophiles perspective; that means there are some very good buys out there.

Chakster, if nothing was available but the "mid fi" crap that we thought was good for playing records, I wouldn't give you a nickel for a boatload of vinyl.

The OP is right; if his analog rig isn't together, the digital will cream it, and all you have to do is stick it in the player. Since my rig is together, vinyl is all I'm doing lately.