Why I don't think I'll ever return to vinyl - brief rant

This has been a really educational thread for me.  I don’t buy much vinyl and when I do it’s an LP that I had back in the day where I have found the digital mastering wanting for some reason.  
  The points that really interest me here are:

1) artists want to capitalize on the vinyl resurgence who can’t afford to make quality products , and who are aiming their releases and the younger unsophisticated listeners 

2) most new releases are made from digital masters.

  I feel like Mr Spock in noting that both of these points are based upon illogical premises.  Even well recorded music if packaged in an inferior delivery system (I.e. a poor quality pressing) will be problematic.  And recording in the digital domain and then embedding the files in a slab of petroleum has never made sense to me.

  However the consumers are not looking for logic but rather embracing a dogma, namely that if a file has been placed in vinyl it is by definition superior to any other medium .

  Vinyl can sound excellent, but imo every link of the chain should be analog

@n80 I’ve listened to most of the Live At Ryman album. I like this band and the recording quality is great on Tidal. I looked into it some more. Same producer who is responsible for several Grammy Award albums by Chris Stapleton.
So no surprise that the recording quality is at this level. But a shame the vinyl is messed up. By the way, Amazon has it in stock and so does Music Direct. Around $30. So if you get your money back for the defective copy, you can try buying from Amazon or MD. 

@cleeds 

Let me get this straight. The OP says, "I am not a vinyl guy," then buys vinyl for his "half decent turntable and a half decent cartridge and a mid-fi at best phono preamp," then doesn’t like the record, then creates a thread saying, "I don’t think I’ll ever return to vinyl."

I agree with your basic premise but if you’ve been around here a while, you should know there’ve also been vinyl fans who’ve bought cheap digital gear and having compared it to their high-end analog rigs, have declared digital is garbage. 

@stuartk lol very true. It absolutely goes both ways. Shitty vinyl setup next to high end digital and vise versa. It’s great to be able to enjoy both formats for the unique attributes they offer. But there’s absolutely nothing wrong with top flight digital especially if it’s CDs, as the only format. 

@stuartk Agreed. But again, I never took a dig at vinyl itself or people who prefer it. I basically said I was dabbling in it and got burned with a defective album and that that was enough to put _me_ off from pursuing it further.

Having said that, as an early adapter of CDs I have never purchased a CD that arrived defective. Not one in 30+ years and that includes used. I'm sure plenty of people have gotten defective CDs and I bet there are lots of people who have never purchased a defective vinyl album. I can only speak for my experience.