Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl?

One other thing I just thought of I will say is that my Dynaudios on my same system can sound a tad bright sometimes, perhaps more so with digital. THere is a consensus though with users that they can be a tad towards the bright side with some gear compared to others, so I attribute it to that. Nothing offensive either, just a slight propensity towards teh bright side. Few speakers are perfectly neutral.

My OHM Walshes though, are generally regarded as having pretty flat response and zero brightness with digital or analog there. They also use a Walsh style driver up to 8Khz or so, then a separate conventional tweeter kicks in. Perhaps there is something in the radically unconventional OHM CLS Walsh driver design that is the magic antidote?

I have heard digital on more conventional high end reference systems at dealers not sound bright either, so I think there is several ways at least perhaps to solve the problem you allude to from what I have heard.

Also I wonder: is there a record out there with a perfectly recorded sine recorded such that it can produce a perfect sin wave with no artifacts when played?

With the influences that friction, drag and vibration have on vinyl, is it possible that part of the appeal of vinyl is that (like tube amps) it can be tuned to the listeners taste?

Atmasphere - thank you, thank you, thank you. Most people can indeed hear digital artifacts just fine, when they have a decent analog system to compare it with. Many musicians like myself have been trying in vain to convince people of what you are saying in this thread without the benefit of your technical knowledge to back ourselves up. You state such things in layman's terms better than anyone else I have ever read. I also like this: "The real question is, no matter how good the digital, 'what would this have sounded like if an analog recording system was used?" I could not agree more.

I have listened to some of the best turntables on the planet, clear audio statement, continuum labs, rock port series 3 (hope I remember all those names correctly).
what always bothered me even with quite new records was the noise levels namely pops and clicks. I can also always hear some tracking distortions from the needle going through the groove. Guess many people are not sensitive to these things because they have grown up with these noises and consider digital less musical because these things are missing.
That analog sounds as good as it does is quite surprising to me considering how much eq is applied before the lp is cut and after playback. Also when thinking about through how many amplification stages this tiny signal has to travel com pared to digital.
Just my personal opinion. to each his own!