Interesting discussion around analogue Vs digital.... way back when, I used to run the 3 major UK hifi magazines - around the time CD and digital first came out. As a result there was a lot of critical writing about, for example, an LP12 Vs the latest digital tech. I always found analogue to have more sonic weight, more authority somehow - but it was impossible to prove why or even argue the point convincingly on paper. I used to spend a lot on special pressings - heavy black vinyl, moving coil cartridges, mono amps etc etc. And I could hear the difference. Certain pressings, for example Sheffield Steel, by Joe Cocker, could not be beaten by CD. I guess some of this is down to AAA, AAD, ADD or DDD. Bop Til You Drop by Ry Cooder was one of the first DDD - and it showed.
I then had a recording studio for many years - all digital apart from the 24 track desk - and played around a lot with analogue into digital and back again. Single channels would be multiple gigabytes - and a full track could be 40 channels or more. Clearly something is going to be lost when you mix down onto an MP3.
Today? Tinnitus reigns in my head after years of high volume studio mixing - combined with a lot of unprotected hearing when shooting in my youth. So I am 100% digital at home and cannot really hear much difference between vinyl and high resolution digital. If anything, I probably prefer the slightly clinical and forward sound of digital.
