When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better?

An interesting development. I posted earlier in this thread and said that I generally prefer my analog outfit over my CD player, unless I was playing something hard and heavy. But! I just bought a new amp, I replaced my Forte' model 3 with a Krell FPB-300, a major jump I know. But suddenly the tide has shifted! Now my CD player, (Cary 306) has edged out my VPI Scout/Sumiko table. An unexpected consequence.  It proved to me that the differences between analog and digital aren't solely at the front end. Synergy of the system is what makes one better than the other. 

Sevs, Elmasonic record cleaner, 6 Quads, Koetsu, Linn for digital. Everything else DIY. Classical.

Correction: tonearm is not DIY, it is Trans-Fi air bearing. Also, I say analogue, no contest.

@gregkohanmim,

I spent ~35 years in software engineering and can hear the "code" in digital music reproduction and was always of the opinion that code was obsolete as soon as it shipped and should always be improved on.

This is a completely new one. Never heard that before. Can you please explain how one can hear "code" in digital music reproduction?

It proved to me that the differences between analog and digital aren't solely at the front end. Synergy of the system is what makes one better
than the other.

Precisely!