Analog or Digital and why?

According to The RIAA, analog music sales (vinyl, tape, etc.) made up about 5% of music sales last year. The rest was digital, mostly streaming, but also downloads and CDs. Many of the LPs were sourced from digital masters.

LPs will be around for a while, but new recordings to tape are the exception not the rule. Digital recording and playback continue to improve and sooner or later will be considered to offer the best sound quality available by all but the most die-hard vinyl enthusiasts. That’s how I see it anyway.

I’ve been listening to vinyl for 55 years. 

It’s what I have learned to listen to and what I have accustomed myself to. 

I have 6,000+ LPs, maybe 300 CDs. Digital sounds thin and sometimes gritty to me.

I am able to hear - without knowing beforehand - whether or not a vinyl LP was digitally mastered. I avoid digitally mastered LPs if I can.