Have you asked yourself this question?

Thanks for the topic, hifinut51...

I asked and answered your question in the mid-1990's.  My vinyl was a long curated, pristine surface, collection.  Raised around live music, I've zero tolerance for extraneous noise.  The front end was an Allan Perkins improved SOTA Star Sapphire TT w/electronic flywheel (line conditioner) and vacuum.  A Fidelity Research FR64-fx was a great dance partner, spinning better Grados.  Early dampening using Marigo VTS tuning dots and sandbox/granite under-plinth isolation.  Fine tuning an Arcam Alpha 9 cdp (dCS ring dac onboard) finally struck an emotional chord with digital efforts from Red House Records, RR, Proprius and a handful of other labels.  HDCD shone through nicely with the Arcam.  And again, a Marigo dot treatment, a well matched power cord and careful leveling of the box (don't ask.)   My active preamp had a terrific phono stage, a built-in expectation of any great preamp in that day.  My actual preamp, still spinning in Germany.  Search:

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Did the Arcam sonics match or improve upon the SOTA rig?  No.  However, the path was clear that I could not pursue both technologies, financially.  I have zero loyalty to the gear, only to the music.  Audial memory is faulty at best.  That said, my sound now easily exceeds, in all parameters that are meaningful to me, my recollection of that vinyl rig.  I recently lost a close friend with "big boy vinyl stuff" nearby, and I clearly would not have been able to keep up with the progress made in both worlds, financially.  My posts in AudiogoN cover some of my digital journey, so I won't belabor it. 

Oh, my close friend Thurston just is fine having moved to northwest Virginia.   He is setting up his big rig in the basement of a raised ranch... 35' x 24' with 2 concrete side walls and rug covered concrete flooring.  A big time Lampizator, Luminous Passive Pre w/volume, Dynaudio Heritage Specials and a soon to arrive McIntosh MC75 MKVI.  He's having a ball streaming!  (sold his vinyl)

Vinyl is fun, tactile, exhausting, frustrating and extremely rewarding.  I support you fully, Guys and Gals, wishing you nothing but the best.  If ever Powerball...I'm back in with both feet!!  Onwards!  Pin

More Peace     (bold print for old eyes)

@mijostyn  I was told that a SP/Dif to USB converter is not really a great way to go, if one is concerned with SQ. I do not know of anyone who uses this, so no personal experience. Do you have a thought on this? Anyone else use this type of connection?

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+1 for emotional attachments. I still get joy remembering that feeling of listening to ELP and King Crimson on my buddy's 1978 Denon TT, Carver Amp and Cerwin Vegas in his attic in high school. Could never drop my analog either. :) 

The choices available today are myriad.  I am 75 and have had decent equipment for at least 55 years.  That includes most means of listening to music, vinyl, R2R, including 4 channel, cassettes, CDs including SACDs, streaming.  Having lost my analog gear and most all albums in a divorce many years ago O have not replaced them.  Yet now, I feel a strong pull to go analog again.

Yes, streaming is Very convenient, but I don't mind getting up every 25 minutes to flip an album.  There is value in reconnecting with your youth IMHO.  I must confess to having enjoyed a 1958 Bugeye Sprite, even though I recently sold it as my wife could no longer get in it due to her knees.

My point is that we all need to find our own nirvana with respect to listening and opinions of anyone else have no meaning to what can make you happy, find your on bliss and revel in it!

If you don't listen to analogue source any more and there is still a lot of music you like that was recorded in analogue then your analogue source is simply not good enough. You have to upgrade or, yes, get rid of it.