Does Age Matter?


Having read and contributed to several threads on the digital vs analog controversy I developed a nagging itch that suggested it is older people that prefer analog and younger people digital. If this is the case than there is most definitely a nostalgic element to that opinion. Perhaps we can answer that question. I will go first. Please do not ruminate on the differences. Age and preference, digital, analog or both! We'll tally the results at the end. 

I am 67 and like Both analog and digital.
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43 yrs, I'm like 85% records, 15% digital (mostly streaming from hard drive or Amazon).  Analog is far more fun, tweaky and musically engaging to me.  It better be with all the money I've spent on my rig!
Both are great in their own way. The key is trying to find the good recordings on both that really make your system sing. I am 48 and have never had a preference it is the great recordings that matter no matter what technology they were on.
1++ @speakermaster and @gakertyd It is where the music is but I will tolerate a bad recording if the music is good. There are painfully few great recordings of Charlie Parker. We just have to live with the mediocre ones. Analog is a lot more fun until you get into digital signal processing.
You can do almost anything and it is like digital photography. No wasted film, you just erase your mistakes :-)
One thing I don’t understand, why people talking about digital like it’s something they do not have for free? 
You have to buy records and turntables, but digital is free even on your phone, streaming is free, there are so many sites anyone can find music for free (streaming in high quality, downloads if needed). Anyone can buy a DAC or even a portable DAC/headphone amp for very funny price. 
Digital cost nothing and all of us have it as a free bonus. If you prefer a fee bonus over real thing than who you are? 

You can’t sell digital the way you can sell analog (records). Anyone can copy your hard drive quickly.

Records cost money, shipping cost extra. Great records only getting more expensive. You can’t copy someone else’s record collection in one hour like you can do with anything digital. 

Collecting records is not about music on the background, it’s something else, and, as I can see, some people still don’t understand it. 

You can’t compare selection of tracks on Hard Drive to Real Record Collection!