Exactly Why Vinyl Isn't The Future of Audiophilia

For me, I would prefer digital formats. They are much easier to manage, store, and take a lot less space. And still, high res enough for me in CD or lossless formats.

I heard a vinyl record and compared it with a CD at someone's system. It had a more analog/organic sound and feeling of the music and mostly in the mid range. However, it seemed like the top and bottom ends were not as extended as in CD to me. The guy had all kind of tools to wash /clean his vinyls and yet there were still a lot of pops and cracks while playing the record and it was annoying to me. And he had to do the clean very time he play a record. It's nice but it's just not worth the trade off going thru all hassles .