What is it about spinning vinyl?

We tend to forget that listening to music is a 100% subjective experience, and the state of mind is the key component that dictates the experience.

As with many things in life, the returns are commensurate with the effort we put in. With LP, we are actively engaging ourselves in the process of listening to music. With the LP ritual we leave the world and our worries behind, and we prepare our minds to listen to music. If you are healthy and able and complain about it (legitimate health reasons are exception!) shame on you - are we so atrophied as a species that taking a black disc out of its cover and laying it flat down on a spinning surface defies our abilities and endurance?
With digital we miss this step of concentration. The modern smartphone user can only handle the push of a button, and whines when he is forced to take five steps. So, we start the playlist and our brain continues in "this is usual background listening" mode and it's unwilling to zone on the experience. Our lifetime habit with playlists is superficial listening, and your brain will not forget decades of training simply because we upgraded our streamers or got a better DAC....

There is a lot to the physical act of playing vinyl that makes it interactive and fun there is no soul to a digital download or file on a computer.

I think “what it is” with vinyl is the sound. It’s better.  Not to sound like the brain police or anything (who?).

We tend to forget that listening to music is a 100% subjective experience, and the state of mind is the key component that dictates the experience.

I find that adding 2+2=4 to be a 100% subjective experience.

Oh wait. I don't. Because I don't make up the meanings behind the numbers or the plus sign operator.

Similarly, I do not make up the sound of a violin vs. a tuba, very loud vs. very soft, etc. 

@whart , Do you collect stamps also?

realworldaudio, darn that was a scorcher! High Five! I think your IQ is higher than mine.

@jollytinker , I obviously am very fond of playing vinyl however, there are some excellent files. They are easily as good sounding or better than a lot of vinyl. When I am listening it really does not matter what to. Once I am in my rocking reclining chair, eyes closed remote in the right hand rocking and toe tapping, it really does not matter, it is all about sound. 

tomcy6, you have a sick sense of humor:-) 

edgewear, Evelyn a modified (fill in the blank). You have 2 seconds.......BEEP!  (maybe that was a second and a half). My daughters are expert. My wife's a bit confused. Dynamo Hum, Zappa's curse.