If you listen exclusively to contemporary music recorded and processed digitally, which most of it is these days, then probably there is little benefit in investing in a turntable, and the records released concurrently with their CD counterpart likely will not sound better, everything else being equal.
But, as Frogman's post discussed even if indirectly, it's an entirely different thing if we're talking about music that was originally recorded using purely analog technology to be released on vinyl exclusively, which is essentially most of, if not all, classic jazz and classic rock. Digital technology might have made a huge progress, but I disagree with opinions that digital can sound as good as analog when it comes to the music originally destined for vinyl only. To me, sonic superiority of vinyl there is unmatched and every effort should be made to listen to it as it was meant to be - on a turntable.
P.S.
The assumption is of course that the records are the original releases, not dubious reissues, which is an entirely different subject...
But, as Frogman's post discussed even if indirectly, it's an entirely different thing if we're talking about music that was originally recorded using purely analog technology to be released on vinyl exclusively, which is essentially most of, if not all, classic jazz and classic rock. Digital technology might have made a huge progress, but I disagree with opinions that digital can sound as good as analog when it comes to the music originally destined for vinyl only. To me, sonic superiority of vinyl there is unmatched and every effort should be made to listen to it as it was meant to be - on a turntable.
P.S.
The assumption is of course that the records are the original releases, not dubious reissues, which is an entirely different subject...