Listening to digital and analog

I think it was John Atkinson who had a master tape (analog) transferred to a digital master, and also mastered onto a vinyl record! In his comparison of the three he said, the master tape and the digital copy sounded exactly the same, while the record made his knees go weak! I think many equate records with analog (which it is), but records add a special something as though the music is recreated a second time at the stylus tip with an intimacy, an “engagement “ with the original musical event that digital subjectivity is lacking!

A few years ago, I spent 3 days in rapt attention listening to a mid 6 figure computer sourced (using Master Class soft wear) helping with a room at THE Show in Las Vegas (Daniel Hertz).
It was about the most amazing SQ I have ever experienced.
However, it was an intellectual not a visceral one.
With my analog system, I “get weak in the knees”.
Listening to vinyl grabs my emotions and puts me into a meditative space. Sure, great digital can be a great experience. But I take analog every time.

Sounds to me that you have to work awful hard to get digital to sound more analog, when all you have to do is throw on a record...

right -- like good analog isn’t a lot work to get right and keep right ... 🙄

like anything, something unfamiliar takes time to understand and master... for those willing to do so...(instead of just spewing negativity on forums, which is sooo easy...)

ask someone younger what it takes to get a new analog front end spec’d and dialed into a good system ...  now, that can be truly daunting for the uninitiated...

I used to have the entry level RP1 Rega TT. Sure, it had its limitations, but it still had those organic qualities that grab the soul.

Like I said before, analog people like listening to distortion and noise. What is it that drives this phantasy. Does it make you more of a man to own a turntable? I have to own a turntable because I have been collecting records since 1958. That is all we had unless you could afford a reel to reel. My dad had an Ampex. Boy did that sound great, tape hiss and all. 
If I can get a properly mastered 24/96 or 192 file I prefer it to analog. It is magic how the music erupts from a noiseless totally black background. You can NEVER get that out of a turntable I don't care how much you spend. If you think vinyl can beat that my guess would be your system needs work and not just the digital stuff, your speakers and amp. They are not telling you the reality of the situation. Again, I do have records that sound better than the digital counterparts I have heard. This is entirely a mastering issue. I agree, the loudness wars suck, many digital recordings could be done a lot better from the perspective of an audiophile. But, to discount digital entirely is to shoot yourself in the foot which you are entitled to do.