One of the great things about Vinyl

@emrofsemanon

The link to a description of my system is posted above.

I just had my hearing checked. It’s normal for my age.

You do need to keep the records clean.

I don’t know what to say. For the overwhelming majority of my records, noise is not an issue. For me, the analog is a better experience than the digital.

@unreceivedogma 100% agree.  Top-ranked equipment, well I have top rank sound with less than SOTA equipment but I have NO noise problem with the overwhelming majority of my 28,500 LPs.  His system is faulty.  A high end analog system minimizes surface noise and record defects to the extent that they are either unheard or nominally heard.  My Japanese vinyl DtoD discs are SILENT other than for the music.  Rumble, groove roar-I haven't heard rumble since I was 15 (52 years ago) listening to my Dual 1209 with a Stanton 661 or Grado Sig 1.  I have a Townshend seismic sink under a VPI TNT VI/SME IV modified, SDS speed unit = ZERO groove roar or rumble.

Yeah, I've mentioned this ad infinitum but I enjoy the occasional click & pop. When it's old rock and roll I often get a kick out of the wow that occurs when the center hole ain't exactly in the center. Spitty sibilants and buzzy pianos, though, never fail to make my teeth grind.

It’s superior to digital. 

It is all purely psychological.

Both formats are capable of excellent sound quality. Which one predominates does not depend on any characteristics of the media but rather the quality of the mastering. 

I play records because I have been doing it since I was 4 years old and there is something comforting about the ritual aside form the fact I have thousands of them. I must have hundreds of duplicates in both formats. Which I prefer in any give instance depends not on the format but other factors. 

You can not avoid digital. The vast majority of modern recordings are digital and most older music has been digitized as it is a much better storage medium. It is not that one dislikes digital but rather having a preference for the distortion added by the vinyl process.