Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl


I just responded to the thread on how many sources do you have ( shotgunning tonight) and got me wondering why I love vinyl so much? Have a very good digital side on both my main system and my headphone system as well that was set up for Redbook playback (headphone system) only utilising my vast 1,000 CD collection, enjoyed it for about a year, added a turntable and haven't used it since. My love of vinyl has been with me for 55 years, buying and playing, setting up my tables , matching preamps and enjoying the fruit of my labor. I believe my love of vinyl is a simple one, it stemmed from the hands on, need to tinker and adjust that I was born with, it's a very physical attraction that I just can not resist, it satisfies a lot of needs for me and in some way is that mistress that I maintain. My turntable is massive and so easy to look at, I can touch it and get more out of it, I can read about the artist and get info while I listen to an album, I can swap out a cartridge and change the tone and in the day the album covers served as a rolling tray to roll a joint. I love vinyl, but absolutely understand while others don't. I also envy people like uberwaltz that have and use so many sources, wish I could. What say you?
tooblue
I still listen to records because it is a tinkerer's dream as tooblue suggests. There is some psychological thrill in getting it just right. Vinyl has a warm euphoric quality missing from digital. Digital is more accurate but in many instances vinyl just sounds better. When you get that almost perfect pressing there is that sense of wonder and awe that such a crude method can sound so good. And lastly I have god knows how many records which I can't and don't want to abandon. 
I rely on two sources the turntable and a 6TB hard drive and probably listen to both on an equal basis. I do not use headphones. I have a set which are dead flat and I use them to reorient my ears to make sure my room control system has got things right.  
Warm  Euphoric Quality  =  Real Musical Sound.  Buying into the numbers is fun for the math guys but does not explain the difference in sound. 

Enjoy the ride
Tom
The thing I dislike about LP's are their current prices. Sound quality however is wonderful. 
Excellent point Boxer.

Even at my very fairly priced lrs I have noticed an ever upward spiral on pricing.

I am not amused at paying $8 to $10 for just mediocre quality.

i sincerely hope it does not get as silly as r2r tape pricing.
It reminds me of great times in my life in the 1970’s when I delivered newspapers & mowed lawns to earn money to feed my music passion. I had a Pioneer PL-10 turntable & a Pioneer SX 737 receiver. I played The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Uriah Heep, Mountain, Elvis, and everything Motown that was available in our local record store. Good days indeed.