Parity

A well set up vinyl system has euphonic distortions that are pleasant to the human ear. There is no conceivable scenario where vinyl has less distortions than hi res digital. That said, digital for this very reason may sound ‘harsher’ and less pleasant.

@audphile rightly points out significant differences in versions of the same recording as a result from different mastering techniques and sound engineers. That however doesn’t usually compensate for the difference in euphonic distortion.

I agree with what's been said so far. My analog set up costed twice digital. Some albums I prefer to listen to in digital and some analog. It depends on the recordings. I have a few albums where digital beats the vinyl counterpart by a healthy margin. So it's definitely not one better than the other.

Well, as I said, I’ve finally made peace with the analog side and am starting to enjoy some of my 2000 records.

After an adjustment on my Sutherland phono preamp, my analog side has opened up greatly and there is more parity.