How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog?

Hi  tzh21y,
In response 
"I have been used to analog my whole life "
Specifically what kind of analog set up do you currently have? forgive me if you have already answered that.

" I think I read someone said that "no digital will ever satisfy like analog" "
But at what cost are you willing to see if digital could make that happen?

When ever I feel comfortable enough to confess to people that I am a self proclaimed audiophile, they ask me "what kind of turntable / analog set up do you have"?,  I answer I don't have one. 

They then ask me "why not"? and I say " because I can't afford it".

You may need to reevaluate your situation and priorities in your current situation. Cherry pick your LP's and if $3k is your number, stream the rest with a decent player,  while simultaneously growing your LP library 
- Best of Luck ...

It costs me about $12....... for the right CD.     So many times the better format is simply the one that was from the better master.... or better Mastering.  I've have good and crappy versions of the same record in either format.  I love both LP and CD, and there's good & bad versions of each.  HiRes digital..... when DONE RIGHT.... can beat them both though.  I'm still too afraid to get into HD though, because some HD pop music is still over compressed, and there's no return policy if your not happy with the sound.  I wish I could get a refund for all the defective CDs i have, where the sound is distorted.  That should be a legitimate defect.

The average high end Vinyl rig 
with cartridge and power supply is at least $5-6k. That being said 
a Lampizator has a Tube rollers dac for $7k  , then buy the critical 
Final touch audio - Callisto USB 
cable  and it will not only give a Vinyl a challenge but beat it in many areas even 2x that. I have listened to many record rigs side by side , band width is very limited to 12 bits , where digital can go 
to well over 20. Plus you can keep your labor of cleaning,demagnatizing, pops and clicks, cartridge maintainence, a wall just to store them . Where with 
well done Digital ,your whole library at the touch of a button through a tablet. I owned a Audio store in the U.K.  What’s next a stack of 45 records stacked on a spindle like In the days of old ?
why not buy a juke box too ? As I suggested check out a Very good Vacuum tube Lamoizator dac 
and get a good power cord and a Essential top quality ASB cable 
such as the Final touch Callisto 
the best cable outthere under $1500, for $800 is a steal,
Digital owners ,just check it out.

If you are currently a "vinyl" person, then you may have an expectation of a sound that digital .... well just isn’t.

It should not be about "vinyl" or "digital" persons. It should be about high fidelity, getting as close as possible to natural sound of instruments as they sound in nature. But this is what most "vinyl" persons are telling: it sounds more natural.

I have posted before on this topic, so I’ll be brief. I believe that 90% of the problems in ANY sound are locked into the recording/mastering process, and maybe the actual pressing with Vinyl, since there is so much opportunity to f it up.

There’s another thing which makes things much worse than they should be, which is room acoustics. However typically when you have a problematic acoustics in your listening room is when you usually get bothered with the subject. One doesn’t have to be aware his biggest issue is room acoustics, though. It’s what makes good recordings sound less good than they’re capable of, and it can make worse recordings sound unbearable instead of still enjoyable.