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

1986. The first time I ever heard a CD player coincidental with my first VPI table. No contest.

Sometime it's CD's sometimes it's analog. It's all good. There is my special times I just want to spin LP's.

To me it’s the music that matters. If a piece of vinyl and a good table makes it happen that day that’s great. I listen to different formats based on what each one reveals. I love vinyl. I love my CDs (and I love tubes except when I don’t). And sometimes I hate that phones don't provide the touch feedback that good speakers do (I only use subs for movies not music but I have heard at least 2 fabulous and moving systems with subs. . . ) I do love good phones sometimes and digital music while walking and thinking- I can listen in a way I can’t at home with vinyl. The turntable in the house I’m in has problems that can’t be addressed structurally (so it’s a matter of choosing a time when people are reasonably still). A good balanced system and CD is great music. It doesn’t have the warmth of vinyl sometimes but the pops and clicks do bother some more, and some more at times, than others. Honestly, I really don’t think there is a better criteria for which is best than which one makes you completely forget everything but the music.

I started to buy Lp in the late 60-70's bought a good system in the 70's...LP12 Supex900, LS3/5A, Meridian. and had always listened to CD, In 1987 I bought my first CD player(denon) because I was receiving CD from friends musiciens and wanted to listen at what they were doing. Never like what I was hearing. Actually I always thought the DEnon sounded awfull...Bought a Cambridge in the late 90's that sounded a bit better and I had bought a few CD's (Bartoli, Alanis Morisset, etc.....) but never really got involve seriously. I upgraded to a Naim system with CD player....but taht did not got me more into CD even if it sounds really good...The music I like I have on records bought since my teens and i'm still listening to those 90% of the time...Never bothered much with the digital stuff.

my first post...
why is it I record a vinyl LP onto digital, and yet the playback has that emotional connection of vinyl that so many report here?
Done that and then compared the bought CD, and yes the LP is warmer.
After the A/D conversion, both are digital now, why are they so feeling different. If I re-record the CD at the output of the DAC using the same recorder the difference is not obvious. I understand the playback gear for analog might have a warmer electronics, but that warmth Does come out at the output of a digital recording when the source happens to be an LP.