Why didn't I sell my vinyl rig?


I've recently moved heavily into streaming and digital playback.  That system's core is the Denafrips Terminator Plus DAC with an Innuos Zenith Mk 3 / Phoenix USB.  Just added a LHY Audio SW-8 ethernet switch. Great cables all the way around. By most standards this is a reasonable mix of gear.  I run the Innuos Sense App as it sounds better than Roon. Love the convenience of digital and infinite supply of tunes from Qobuz.  My problem is this.  My vinyl rig generally sounds better.  Sometimes by a wide margin. Do others with both rigs have the same problem?

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@jerryg123 

”nit picky..what is a nit anyway?”

“The term originally referred to picking nits, the eggs of lice, from hair, and later to picking out the lice themselves.”

You’re welcome.

@waytoomuchstuff um that was sarcasm my man. But being from a family that is OCD about hygiene we never had to pick nits or lice. Just vegetables from our garden cause we spent all our money on soap…

@jerryg123 

Got the sarcasm.  I appreciate the comment. 

My (feeble) attempt at humor followed.

Yeah, I'm married to a OCD hygiene individual.  I get it.

Back in the audio dark ages...when transistors were usually only found in portable AM radios...your carefully-assembled component mono hi-fi system or one of them new-fangled stereophonic systems were commonly referred to as a rig.

For what it's worth I just came across the Jay's Audio Lab video "Vinyl Vs Digital: Which Is THE BEST?"  Worth a watch.  It mirrors my conclusions exactly and compares the high-end of both formats coming to the same conclusion I have.