Does Age Matter?

I’m 69 — had a decent system in HS and college, that included home built Dynaco pre and power amps, Revox A77 R2R and Dual 1219 TT with a Stanton 681EEE. Then a LONG dry spell, during which my collection of ~1500 LPs was stolen. Got back into it four years ago, and bought a TT despite having only 50 albums left. I was, and still am, underwhelmed by the sound. Tried streaming, and haven’t looked back. 
I have heard excellent vinyl systems that are arguably better than comparable digital systems, but the vinyl systems were well over 100K, and the digital ones were 30K. If you have unlimited resources, vinyl may be worth it, IF you also have a large vinyl collection in very good shape. I am not willing to invest all that is needed for a comprehensive vinyl collection, high quality TT, phono amp and carts, when the upside is maybe a 1% improvement in SQ, and the downside is the frustration of getting the TT/cart properly set up and regularly maintained, constant disc cleaning, and having to get up at least every 15 minutes to flip or change the platter. Good digital is great sounding, easy to change with my iPad, endlessly varied in access to recordings, and affordable (thank God) for people of my means. 
I would never THINK of starting from scratch trying to rebuild my record collection, without more incentive and a lot bigger bank account.  

71.  95% LPs

This post is rather confusing because some contributors seem to be comparing CDs with "digital" alternatives, but a CD recording is digital isn't it?
Anyway, I am now 64 and although I do play some vinyl records I prefer CDs because they are easier to handle. Typically I buy 10 or 12 new CDs every month. This has nothing to do with nostalgia or anything like that. It is simply that CDs are convenient and easy to play. I have tried streaming and downloading files but it always ends up being a battle of wits between me and the computer. By contrast CDs could not be simpler. I simply pop the CD in the player and press play.
Wherever possible I choose SACDs rather than CDs. CDs are adequate but I find that SACDs are much closer to the sound produced by vinyl records.

Eh, I don't think age matters.  I've encountered as many analog lovers as there are digital and then those who DGAF and switch between both as necessary regardless of age.  I don't think the format matters.  Digital done well will sound better than analog done carelessly/poorly and vice-versa.  My taste in music is all over the place as I enjoy a wide variety of music.  There's a lot that just doesn't move me, so I enjoy lossless streaming when I'm not listening to content from my ripped collection.  If the music doesn't move me, I switch tracks, and I'd get annoyed pretty quickly to have to keep getting up to switch tracks on a record.  I can't listen to things that don't move me at length.  I have to be able to FFWD. 

One of these days I'll attempt to go down that road again.  Need to research a good value setup that sounds great and won't break the bank, and a consistent source of vinyl for the music I like.  

I think if care had been taken during the mastering process (and possibly recording in general) during the early stages of digital, this would be much less of a conversation.  I find that even for music that may not be exactly my cup of tea, stuff recorded back in the 60s and 70s just sounded better.  But the arguments back then were definitely valid.  

If I still had my vinyl I'd certainly have the playback ability sorted out, but I'm happy with the convenience digital offers, and I certainly don't hear "digital" sound during playback (thanks SparkOS!). 

Now I just need to be cool and take care of me hearing so I can keep enjoying my music into and well past my 70s (god willing).

I' am 70, listen to hifi for the beginning of the seventies and practise vocal jazz within a musician and chorus ' group 2hours per week ( prior confinement...)
My hifi system is 30 years old in average ,analogic  thorens td 124 ,sme 3012, at 33 ptg cartridge, Conrad johnson tube and solid state gears, focal loudspeakers..

Digital is shared between A730 Studer  cd and streaming through Qobuz hi res...
As a results I got the best of the two world....old analogic gears are lovely and the streaming in 24bits 96khz is fantastic to reproduce the master studio in term of dynamic!

Audiophiles people should go to the concert to hear that the reality is also not perfect....

Raymond