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Analog vs Digital Confusion

Thinking about adding Analog to my system, specifically a Turntable, budget is about 5K but I'm having some second thoughts and I'm hoping someone can help, specifically, how can the record sound better? Scenario; an album is released in both CD and Record, the recording is DDD mixed, mastered, etc in the digital domain. It seems to me that to make the master record the process would involve taking the digital recoding and adding an additional D/A process to cut the record? So, bottom line, how can the record sound better than the CD played on compitent CDP?
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gpgr4blu
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I have many albums that sound more natural than the same cd. Very rarely does the cd match or exceed the album's ability to replicate the sound of music in the room. As for DDD recordings on vinyl--usually, there is not much of a difference between the album and the cd, but sometimes the difference is big and usually but not always in favor of vinyl. Case in point--Clapton Unplugged, recorded DDD. The vinyl is far superior with a very quiet pressing at Pallas.
OTOH, gotta love the convenience and guaranteed lack of vinyl tics, pops, tracking issues, etc. of cd (or streaming). When I have the time--it's vinyl. If not I'm ok with cd.
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