Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable?


I am thinking about getting a turntable but I have a Class D amplifier (Nad M33) which digitizes all the analog inputs. If the amplifier is just digitizing the source is there going to be any difference between the vinyl and just listening to lossless digital streaming sources? Is there any benefit to me, given my current amplifier with has no analog pass through capability, to adding a turntable to my system?

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My Anthem AVR converts analog to digital and then back. I did not realize this when I purchased it.  I guess I assunemed that if I was using the analog in it would stay analog.  I've learned that the reason this is, at least for Anthem, is their room correction.  Although a bit disappointed to learn that , I'm still happy with the product.  I run my fronts thoroug a separate 3 channel Anthem aml via pre outs on the AVR but the analog still gets converted to digital before getting turned back to digital. Knowing this i still bought a Rega TT and a good record sounds more "real" than it's digital counterpart. Just more dynamic.  Ultimately i will completely separate my digital from analog via a switch and separate tube integrated. When I want to rock out to 60's or 70's classics or blues it'll be analog. When I want to shake the house with techno or metal it'll be digital.  

Just my 2 cents from a new hobbies

Cheers!

I thought about how to convince someone to start with vinyl. None of my arguments make much sense. I guess it's like an avid golfer trying to explain golf to me.  

@grislybutter  I can say with some authority, that a golfers constant upgrading of equipment is not unlike this hobby.  The endless pursuit of the smallest improvement.  And the honeymoon period with a new club is much like the confirmation bias with that new cable.  I'm sure I hear a difference, is just like I'm sure I'm hitting the ball further......... 🤣

@bigtwin , I have never done any golf except for miniature golf, but wouldn't the distance one can hit a ball with a new club actually be measurable?

As far as the "hot tweeter," that was mentioned a couple of times on a thread in 'speakers' but no one defined it for me.  I was thinking, however, of something along the lines of what @thecarpathian  spelled out.

Thank you all for the responses and a very entertaining conversation. This hobby can be an amazing rabbit hole and as I have started, innocently, to consider equipment I’ve begun to appreciate that I may have entered the rabbit hole of all rabbit holes. 
 

Do I need a turntable? Probably not. Would it give me pleasure to have an attractive piece of kit to play with and look at and reacquaint myself with the 75 or so albums from the 60’s - 70’s that I have tucked away? Absolutely. Therein lies the benefit I guess. I don’t have a $100,000 system or thousands to spend on pursuing some holy grail, but the joy of adding something new to my system keeps drawing me in and that pretty red Rega P3 I have my eye on would look so nice. That and the memories of taking that new Beatles or Dylan out of the sleeve for the first time and setting the needle down on that spinning wax are still sweet.