Vinyl - One Word - WOW!!

Either way prepare to say goodbye to your money.  It is so worth it though.  Also yes try a CD Transport with a decent DAC and you will be amazed.  

Ran me away from digi years ago lol.  

Pick up one of the UHQR releases from Analogue Productions, and you'll be even more amazed. Welcome to the party!

I generally prefer CD and mainly buy vinyl when it's the only format where I can find something, but a good vinyl recording can indeed be stunning. I think the main reason to make vinyl your primary source is a distaste for the digital sound. The thing is, even if you were to elect an analog system because it's fashionable or because you have swallowed "hype" rather than a personal informed judgment, you're still getting something good. Most cases where something is hyped it's meretricious, but this isn't one of them. You can get a good analog system and feel for the rest of your life you made the right choice.

When you have a basic  digital setup then I can understand why you 

dislike digital ,you have to spend $$ with no shortcuts to have a very good digital setup, cables alone are at least a few $$ thousand .

most good  analog setups are over $10 k , the same applies to digital .