What is the reason for this? (Digital vs Vinyl Question)

Someone above mentioned Dynavector.  That is a perfect upgrade in terms of cartridge.  10x, or 20x. Whichever you can afford.  You will get no noise issues with that Dynavector.  Rega grounds differently than some other tables and you can get some noise with Grado or say Ortofon Cadenza cartridges. 

Then get the best phone stage you can.  Once you move away from Rega cartridges, you will find that Rega phono stage will not deliver at the same level. Not sure where your budget will fall.  Vet with the group here to flag any big issues in terms of quality.  There are a few units I can think of that would be in your budget that I would avoid as not very good.  

Chord, Musical Fidelity and Rogue are all very safe in terms of phono stage quality.  

i second scott’s (verdant) recommendation for a dynavector

dyna also makes a lovely small form factor phono stage called the p75... works beautifully with dyna carts via their 'phono enhancer' circuit

@billzameI"m not suggesting anyone build their entire collection at Better Records. I only said "buy one"!

It's just than anyone buying MoFi's and AP's has never heard what a record can do and is therefore in need of an education on analog. Once you've heard what a record can do then at least you understand the possibilities. Then perhaps you start to develop the necessary skills to find great sounding records (cleaning methods, research and developing our ear) on your own. Often this is just cleaning the records we own better and listening with our full attention. But if we're buying Analogue Productions records we'll NEVER really get why serious analog enthusiasts get so darn enthusiastic about it!

The debate about whether vinyl sounds better than digital really ought to be a debate about whether vinyl CAN sound better than digital. If you get the right records, and then you build your system in the right way, that is, the way that makes your best sounding records sound even better, then you will very soon be all in with analog and never look back.

Oh and yes, get a better cartridge and phono preamp, absolutely, but don't expect to get the cartridge right on the very first try and demo as many phono preamps as you can until you decide. DON'T TRUST THE REVIEWS!

I wish I could hear a blind testing on a very expensive system on vinyl vs streaming.  I have always thought vinyl to be noisy and it is time consuming to have to get up and change a record.  It might even be more fun during a blind testing to tell them they were listening to streaming when playing vinyl to see if they could be fooled.  Buying a $20,000 turntable and purchasing expensive vinyl is not what most people can afford is also another question to consider.  Right now, I enjoy streaming music from a huge Tidal library and listening to hi res music.

Have fun, listen to tunes, keep pushing your system to new heights of enjoyment no matter the source……

BTW the NAIM streamer DAC deployed in the new series is superb !