How do you respond to this question?

Because I trust my cats.

... when I play vinyl, they scatter in fright at sudden musical sounds, then peer out from beneath the sofa - tails fluffed - searching for those scary instruments that have invaded their room.

... when I play a digital source, no matter how loudly or what instruments are supposedly being portrayed, they sleep straight through it.

Right now, mainly because my music server has crashed.

My dog is very much in tune with the digital when I play it. His ears twitch to the subtle nuances in the music. He does vinyl as well although pops and clicks or other forms of noise when present seem to bother him. It all gets his attention which tells me I must be doing something right.

Because frankly classical music reproduction simply breaks apart with digital. Even with stellar digital front end.

When I had cats and was playing vinyl they would sit in the listening chair (if I didn't get there first) and look to where the images in the soundstage were coming from. When I put on digital they would leave the room.