Analog playback on computer.

Analog playback on computer is a perversion if you have analog system standing near. 

@gdnrbob 

maybe it's just me, but at my 41 digital never played at important role in my life when it comes to music, i'm happy to play vinyl on my turntables. Cassette tapes were much more important for me than CDs back in the days, i don't care about digital files, it helps only when i want to share my music or when i want to find some new music on youtube to buy it on vinyl. Listening to vinyl is a pure pleasure.   

" ...enjoying the pleasures of digital " - It's funny when you're posting this in ANALOG section of the forum. 

"Analog playback on computer" - do you hear yourself ? 

thanks @naromance 

Analog > ADC > DAC ≠ analog.

a few people in this thread really understand what is the analog playback

@gdnrbob 

For me, it's that I grew up with vinyl. I remember the pops and ticks, the stuck needle, having to walk carefully so as not to have the needle jump, and getting up every 1/2 hour to turn the lp over.

Yes, also digging in the crates for vinyl, old dusty vinyl, to find something that you never heard before, something that wasn't digitalized yet, something rare. This is about new discoveries, this philosophy is completely oppisite to the digital world of streaming. Millions of records from the golden era are unknown, not the mainstream music, but very interesting music from all over the world in different genres. Recorded on independent labels, private presses etc. 

This is all about record collection and this is why record collector and audiophile is not the same.

Audiophiles are more concerned about quality, but the record collectors are about new discoveries on original vinyl. Nothing can replace the original vinyl for the collector. Digital is nothing, really. 

In my opinion Record Collector & Audiophile is the best combination, but it is all about analog, digital has no value!  

No cracks, no pops, no phisical media, no sleeve, nothing ... and easy to copy. I can understand if you're talking about new music recorded digitally, but if you're talking about great heritage of the 50s, 60s, 70s which was recorded 100% analog on mastertape, how come your digital high-resolution files can be better? Digital remaster of the analog source is the worst thing on the planet, it's better to not touch the great recordings from the past, just playing the original LPs on our expensive toys. 

The difference is that some of the old LPs are highly collectible and the prices goes up every year. I'm not talking about some pop sh*t. I'm about real music. 

The vinyl has value, it's an investment. It's real thing.
And like the collectors of Art no one interested in digital copies, only originals. 

Even 20 years old hipsters are into vinyl nowadays, because it's the real thing and digital generation of kids realizing it. 

Vinyl can not be replaced by any other media, it's the best media out there and that's why it's still alive. Pressing plants are still working all over the world.