Vinyl sounds better (shots fired)

I recently read that almost every vinyl record since the early 1970s has been cut on a lathe that utilized a digital delay line for the source material. This allowed for the lathe to “anticipate” transients to facilitate widening the groove spacing accordingly. If true, and I’m not an expert here, that would mean that vinyl is actually from a digital source. That being said, the actual act of converting to a physical, analog copy in vinyl might be the filter you enjoy if you prefer vinyl. I welcome more insight on this.

The sound of vinyl vs digital depends upon the original mastering and the payback equipment.  Good recording engineering played back on good equipment sounds wonderful regardless.  I have heard vinyl albums such as some 1960s DG offerings that have a more fatiguing treble shrill than some 1970s digital masters when the technology was in its infancy.  I find current streaming digital equivalent or better than vinyl. No clicks, no pops, no ritual (retrieve, clean, play, change sides every 30 minutes), less equipment maintenance (no bearing, arm, and cartridge alignment maintenance, and no demagnetizing, cleaning, and neurosis over stylus and cantilever damage). 

Good points @jsalerno277 although TBH the "ritual" stuff you mention are part of what I LOVE about vinyl, and I suspect the same is true of the majority of analog fans out there. It's not for everybody, but for those of us that enjoy it, it is not a "chore" at all, it's a labor of love.

@hifiguy42 +1

The relationship to music is different with vinyl. Ever since I got back into it, I learned a lot about each album, musician and discovered bands I would have never come across via streaming.

Yes, a labor of love.  Maybe it’s my age.  They say frustration tolerance shortens as  you age and returns to that like a child.  I find myself now only tolerating the vinyl ritual when I cannot find a recorded performance on my streaming service.