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What is the reason for this? (Digital vs Vinyl Question)

I recently bought new speakers - GoldenEar Triton One.R towers - to pair with my Naim Uniti Star. My set-up for digital is the Naim with Ethernet, Qobuz & Tidal HiRes organized and played through Roon. With all of my other systems until now I preferred the sound of vinyl over digital. I have a Rega Planar 3 tt with Rega Fono preamp. I spin the highest quality records you can get - Mofi 1 Step, Analogue Productions, Classic Records, etc. etc. I've been listening for days trying to convince myself otherwise because of the $$ I've spent on records but the digital chain just sounds better to my ears. The question is: Is this because my new speakers are revealing the disparity between digital and analog better than lesser speakers I've used in the past (Monitor Silver, PSB Platinum, etc.) or is it because some speakers just match better with digital vs vinyl or is it because with the Naim streamer / DAC I've just put together a better digital front end and need to upgrade my tt and / or phono preamp?  
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fuzztone
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Because people like what they like. I just heard KC's Talk to the Wind on Radio Paradise over a BluNode and thought that my system took a crap. Switched to the red book rip over a cheaper streamer, same DAC and went to heaven.  Much more musical than playing the vinyl over any of seven cartridges. You'll have to double the vinyl spend to equal or better the SQ you have. Why,?
It takes up more of your life just playing them.
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fuzztone
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Right.
<$2K in vinyl playback equip. is mere entry level. My point.
Meh.
CD’s are usually better than streaming. So are rips. "If your system is up to it."
Except for convenience.
You are better off pointing the expenditures towards digital playback. That is where the majority of the music recordings are in the 21st century. Vinyl worshippers don't even know from Wondermints or Jenna Mammina.
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