Vinyl - One Word - WOW!!

I generally prefer CD and mainly buy vinyl when it's the only format where I can find something, but a good vinyl recording can indeed be stunning. I think the main reason to make vinyl your primary source is a distaste for the digital sound. The thing is, even if you were to elect an analog system because it's fashionable or because you have swallowed "hype" rather than a personal informed judgment, you're still getting something good. Most cases where something is hyped it's meretricious, but this isn't one of them. You can get a good analog system and feel for the rest of your life you made the right choice.

When you have a basic  digital setup then I can understand why you 

dislike digital ,you have to spend $$ with no shortcuts to have a very good digital setup, cables alone are at least a few $$ thousand .

most good  analog setups are over $10 k , the same applies to digital .

When you have a basic  digital setup then I can understand why you 

dislike digital ,you have to spend $$ with no shortcuts to have a very good digital setup, cables alone are at least a few $$ thousand .

most good  analog setups are over $10 k , the same applies to digital .

Vinyl is pure nostalgia, don't get too wrapped up into it.  If you want true analog, you need to go R2R but bring deep pockets.

They are both capable of fine performance but digital sources are far more cost effective. Vinyl playback is a REALLY deep rabbit hole. You can't match the best digital performance until you spend at least $35,000 in total on a record playing set up. You still have to contend with bad pressings, warped records and a host of other issues. 

Us old guys with huge record collections have no choice but younger people without records are better off staying digital and spending the money on music.