Hands down, no comparison.... vinyl should easily outperform your digital set up.
I am in agreement, your cart may well be your problem. I replaced a shibata stylus on a beryllium cantilever with a new old stock one I hunted down from overseas; OEM AT-20ss mm and wow! What a night and day difference that made. Then I replaced the wonderful AT20ss with an Ortofon A 90 MC and that stepped things up to another level (not that the AT 20ss was a slouch, it is 95% of the A 90 MC). But if your stylus is worn, you have no idea of what information you are missing.
You do need a good over-all set up to enjoy the complexity of what is in the recordings, it makes a huge difference, especially the phono stage.
I have been through a bunch of phono stages until I found nirvana with my Whest custom built PS 30RDT SE 2019. It transformed my music into another world.
I am in agreement, your cart may well be your problem. I replaced a shibata stylus on a beryllium cantilever with a new old stock one I hunted down from overseas; OEM AT-20ss mm and wow! What a night and day difference that made. Then I replaced the wonderful AT20ss with an Ortofon A 90 MC and that stepped things up to another level (not that the AT 20ss was a slouch, it is 95% of the A 90 MC). But if your stylus is worn, you have no idea of what information you are missing.
You do need a good over-all set up to enjoy the complexity of what is in the recordings, it makes a huge difference, especially the phono stage.
I have been through a bunch of phono stages until I found nirvana with my Whest custom built PS 30RDT SE 2019. It transformed my music into another world.