@noble100
I am indifferent as between good analog and good digital. I enjoy them both. Most of my listening is to classical.
Dynamic range: Classical music has the most dynamic range generally. While the dynamic range of digital is greater than analog, that even of analog surpasses the need in a domestic environment. In fact, some digital releases have an excess of dynamic range for a home environment. I can cite many Bis SACD recordings as examples. So the dynamic range issue is a non-issue IMO
Surface noise. Well cared for records and equipment make this a non-issue and millions of us continue to listen to lps notwithstanding. We just tune them out, if they'e there, because vinyl gives us a musical experience that the best of digital tries to emulate.
Rumble? Obviously you have never used a quality turntable. It is a non-issue though I'm sure some scientist can measure it. Totally un-hearable on my system.
Speed variation. Totally a non-issue on a well tuned system. There is a piano and players in my house and I listen to a lot of piano recordings with notes that trail off into silence (the ultimate test for speed stability).
Channel Separation. I don't doubt your specs, but as for listening I can discern no difference between the channel separation on vinyl and cd of the exact same recordings. I have many. It's a non-issue.
Continuous, etc. I understand the physics so I don't worry about chopped up. Cartridges can reach well above the 22kHz of a CD as can much electronics. Loudspeakers, I'm not so sure.
Longevity is another non-issue. Some of my old records sound as good after years of playing. It is an old wives tale that they are used up with each play. Clean and with good equipment it has been written that they are polished by the playing. I don't know if that is so . . . but they still sound great including those at the top of the pile for many, many years. Many people report the same.
Some people think that vinyl, with all its issues, sounds more like the real thing, real acoustic music in real space . . and there's nothing you can say that makes any difference. Vinyl is "better" if it sound more like the real thing, as many serious listeners believe. In fact, it sounds as though, like so many here, you have never experienced a really good vinyl system in a home environment. You might be shocked.
As for digital, some of the best, and most consistently outstanding, I have experienced are the SACD transfers of analog originals, the SACDs ripped to hard disk. There are sound technical reasons why that might be so. Better than original digital recordings and better even than most other SACDs and other high definition ones.
in fact, and I apologize here for looking at your equipment list, and notwithstanding that you think you've "discovered the true potential of digital," it sounds like you're not experiencing anything like digital is currently capable of if your're still listening through an Oppo 105.
Cheers.
