Vinyl vs Streaming

So............if digital has surpassed analog, at what point did it occur? Is there a numerical value that can be put on the best analog recordings (like master tapes or D2D recordings) that would illustrate where it compares to digital like 24/96 or 32/192 or the many others that have ensued with considerably higher sample rates? Where does live music lie? If live music is the ultimate, what numerical value might it have? Is there a formula for this? 

Nope. I don't miss analog at all. The ability to stream new releases (and re-discover older music) is so easy. 

So............if digital has surpassed analog, at what point did it occur? 

It depends on the person. Lots of people love the way their digital sounds for most of their music, and that’s fine. Others (like me) still strongly prefer vinyl’s sound for most material. That’s unlikely to change anytime soon unless there’s a new magical tech that restores & remasters older recordings to sound great on modern formats. Also whatever distortions analog introduces at its various stages of "processing" - frankly I think I like them to some degree.

It’s been decades now I’ve been reading about digital "finally matching" or "finally beating" analog THIS YEAR. It’s tiring, and meaningless. They’re just different.

And let’s be real. This is a mostly aged (ahem) crowd whose hearing is changing, and the draw of convenience & downsizing looms large at a certain point. 

For me the over-riding issue is and always has been the availability of the music that I want to hear.  There is still a lot of old jazz that is simply out of print and basically the only way to hear it is on old records.  Or sometimes on re-issues on cd compilations in many cases coming from over seas.  Most of the stuff is not available on any streaming service.  This music could never be considered high level sonically so the issue of what format has the best sound is moot.  

Yeah, they are different, digital is artificial no matter how much it tries to imitate analogue. $300 turntable set up is better than $30k digital in conveying the essence of music.

Availability is an important point too.