Analog or Digital and why?

A knock out vinyl system is very costly (so there's that too). 

Fewer and fewer of us here have grown up with vinyl.

Digital is easier.

Sound of both can be stellar or poor.

To some vinyl is the holy grail.

"What’s this either/or crapola?
Too much like religion or politics.
Bloody useless."

It’s the world of one for whom life is endless labor in an economy of prestige and self affirmation. All social exchange becomes an opportunity to gain esteem and fill a deficit, at a cost to others. The zero sum game replaces sharing and exchange. There is only what is right and superior, all else is worthless and wrong.

Thank you for sharing your wisdom, master daj.  Say, would you please go over to the Tekton Design Moab thread and have a chat with millercarbon?

No one special here. And I don't mean to hijack anyone's thread, just pointing out something I see happening frequently. Actually, I'm sympathetic. We're all a product of our traumas to one extent or another. Sorry for the outburst.

A lot has to do with Who mixes the recording ,For example Alan Parsons did a lot for the Beatles and they sound very respectable, also good companies and single miked recordings make big difference and use Vacuum tube recording stations.
a record can only put out maximum 12 bits  when roughly 21 bits is actually possible ,without estimating and adding resampling. That is why I mentionedGood ladder dacs or proprietary like DCS .Big bucks though.
the Denafrips dacs sound like good analog  as digital does in good dacs.
Digital does ,better dynamic range, lower bass, better S/N ratio, and yes has a reel to reel sound without being too warm or Too soft. Best for value money spent if looking for a analog detailed sound look at Denafrips , their Terminator  everyone knows
the $800 Ares -2 awards everywhere under $900 beats dacs 3-4xthe $$.
the Pontus I just bought ,sold my Schiit Yggsdrasil is noticably better still at $1800 and wil beat Any turntable setup in the $5-6k range in many areas I have heard, just do a search . They have dacs 3  better still ,$6400 max and you would never look back .with these even older recordings sound better , not etched and cold.

I think I already made the point that an analog front end is/will cost a fortune compared to a similar quality digital front end. I've heard nothing but amazing things about PS Audio's DirectStream DAC for $6,000. An really good analog system can easily set you back 20K and that's before buying any records. Yeah there are cheap turntables with cheap arms cheap MM cartridges and $100 phono stages, but this is an attempt for companies to bamboozle people into thinking analog is affordable. There's several online dealers who are absolutely shameful in perpetuating this myth.