When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better?

I and an audiophile friend realized vinyl was not better when we did direct testing vs. well-recorded CDs.

vinyl is often better than poorly recorded CDs such as the first few years of most releases when CDs made their debut

You will realize vinyl is better if you like snaps, crackles and pops.

the best vinyl has phlogiston in it

he's right -- dragging a rock across bumpy plastic is not ideal tho a LOT of R&D has gone into it and made it much better than when it started

worse, the rock degrades the plastic every time

a well-recorded CD sounds better and can be replayed millions of times with no degradation - try listening some time

not to mention that high bit rate/depth delivery could be better than a CD

best thing to do is replace your speakers

if your speakers already cost over $35,000 then build a new listening room, and attach a house to it

snap, crackle, pop is for cereal

no doubt the vinyl was superior...  to what year CD???

if you think that vinyl sounds better, then your system is inadequate and you need a more resolving system with a better DAC

I've ALWAYS known vinyl was better than shellac. Didn't you?  Yes even through the dark days before 1878.

I knew vinyl was better when I saw this:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/love-the-world-s-first-intelligent-turntable-music-design--2#/