Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl?

Almarg and Terry9, thank you for a fabulous exchange; extremely informative and a model of civility. Very impressive.

This is a technical question, and it can be answered with an accurate oscilloscope. Simply compare the two wave forms on a double trace scope. I would wager "digital" because of the consistency of reproduction.

Orpheous10, brings up a good point.
In practice rather than in theroy, how much distortion is produced in typical vinyl rigs?

Unsound and Orpheus - one can measure "distortion" all one wants. The problem is, some types of "distortion" are much more musically harmful than others. There is admittedly more "distortion" in analog, however the distortions of digital are much more musically objectionable because of the frequencies at which they occur, and for other reasons. So the measured amount is beside the point, really. IMO, too many audiophiles get hung up on measuring instead of training and using their ears to tell them what sounds more like the real thing.

Learsfool, I find the ticks and pops much more objectionable.