I'm still working to love digital, are you?

I certainly agree with your viewpoint. At my age however, I have come to understand that I am as addicted to other aspects of vinyl as I am to the sonic superiority. I love flipping through the albums, looking at the cover art, reading the liner notes, feeling the heft of the vinyl and all the rituals associated with the care and feeding of this habit. I've trained myself to be this way for over 35 years and seriously doubt I can ever discover these types of joys in the digital realm. Long live music in whatever playback form.
Happy listening,
Patrick

The problem with digital is that they are computer technology and they outdated very fast. The $20k that you spent will be worth US$10000 in less than a year. In a few year, it will become something like the 486 computer. Who want a 486 when you can have PIII! Clearly not a very good investment. And the worst is with all those money spent, you are still not happy!
With the $20k, you can get a world class turntable, the best tonearm and the best mc cartridge and they will never outdated! And the sound will be out of this world.........
I don't think the digital crap will ever have this kind of performance.

Well, in some ways it's a moot issue. If you want to listen to almost any new music released in the last 15 years, you have no choice but to go digital.

So, facing reality, I accept digital sound for its strengths and listen past its weaknesses.

Ironically, this is the same approach I take to listening to analog.