Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital"

Well, this might be true of things that don’t matter much to us. Who will care much about Coke? But if, for example, you served me really good food, no matter how you serve it, I will probably still find the better food better, although circumstances will have a slight influence.

And records are not always the ones that are presented more beautifully than a CD. The record sleeve may be externally damaged and generally worn, there may be a few light scratches on the record. Some dust may have accumulated on the plate, or it may be greasy in some places. Why should I prefer the record to an always shiny CD in such a case? 30% of my record collection looks like this - a typical purchase at the flea market.

Believe me, if CDs were always better sounding than vinyl, I would be jumping on the digital bandwagon in no time.

Greetings Wolfgang

Whatever floats your boat.
‘Both digital and analog can deliver the message.
Whichever does it better is of no consequence to me.
 Otherwise it would drive me bananas.

I've been trying to figure out why I can listen to LPs all day long, but rarely listen to digital music for more than an album or two, for a few years now.

Granted, I am fascinated by everything turntable and everything vinyl. How these crazy plastic discs and clockwork contraptions sound as good as they do, still boggles my limited mental capacities.

One idea I have been mulling over, is the nature of the sound wave between analog and digital; the "pure sine wave" of analog vs the stepped wave of digital.

I have been led to understand that digital audio ends up as a true sine wave, but I assume the DAC computer "fills in" the material between the steps of its artificial waveforms.

Is this what happens inside the converter? Could this possibly be why many listeners prefer true analog music?

I imagine it probably has more to do with personal subjective proclivities (look at all the hipster vinyl aficionados who listen primarily to digital music stamped onto vinyl records), but still something seems very reptilian and basic, in my visceral positive response to analog sounds.

@fusian need better gear dude. I am a vinyl guy but my DAC and e.one stream rock and can listen all day.