Enjoyable post Tony. Nail on the head.
My hunch as to why I find vinyl so natural and smooth is that, fortunately, many years ago, someone invented the technology to turn sound into a physical groove on a "record" (they didn't even use vinyl until years later). There was no loss of information.
Enter digital sampling. It will always be a sample, no matter how far that technology advances. There are many enjoyable digital recordings, but when I want the real thing, I pull out the vinyl.
Again, this is just my hunch.
My hunch as to why I find vinyl so natural and smooth is that, fortunately, many years ago, someone invented the technology to turn sound into a physical groove on a "record" (they didn't even use vinyl until years later). There was no loss of information.
Enter digital sampling. It will always be a sample, no matter how far that technology advances. There are many enjoyable digital recordings, but when I want the real thing, I pull out the vinyl.
Again, this is just my hunch.