What percentage of digital vs. analog?

99% digital, 1% the rest

To those who have large classical record collections, what percentage of the time do you spend listening to your records?

i own about 5000 Classical pressings, of my total approximately 12,000 pressing collection. and my vinyl listening is 75% classical.

of my total listening time, which is 30-40 hours a week since i’ve been retired, it’s 75% digital, and around 20% vinyl, and 2-3% tape.

as far as classical listening; both digital and vinyl, i listen to lots of String Quartets and lots of full orchestral. my room is very friendly to large scale classical, with zero restrictions. the system has full range extension so i get all the venue ambience and scale of big music, which took a lot of work to achieve. so i indulge myself fully in those type recordings. my room also is superb for smaller scale recordings too.

Most, but not all, classical analog recordings are available with streaming. (I can’t speak for other genres.) Do you find that records generally sound better? I know there are audiophile record pressings that are exceptional. Also many older recordings from the 60s and 70s are unmatched.

digital does sound great with classical; however vinyl is quite a bit better when everything is right. but it’s not trivial to have a room plus the quality of vinyl playback to get all there is to get from the vinyl. but the level of realism is many times in a completely different place with vinyl. and certain tapes even more profound for classical.

the particular pressing matters a lot too. vinyl is more media driven than gear driven. so conclusions about how vinyl does classical can be all over the board. in my case, my room and system needed to progress before my ear was comfortable for all classical. also, my own tastes had to evolve too as 30 years ago i knew zero about classical. i had to evolve myself to open up to it all.

But it seems to me that, at least in classical which I mostly listen to, digital sounds at least as good or better.
So, do you listen to records for sentimental reasons?

i also love streaming classical and it’s fun to explore streaming. many recordings are out there to experience with streaming, and i fully indulge. but even at it’s best it’s not at the level of better vinyl.

certainly i have emotional connections to certain recordings, but it’s because they kick ass. both digital and vinyl. but there is nothing purely sentimental about it. it’s a thrill ride that delivers pure pleasure with certain vinyl pressings. the level of nuance, flow, musical rightness and complete immersion is just different for better vinyl. it’s more like real life. honestly i prefer my system experience of large scale classical to going to the symphony. not saying it's equal to live music, i'm saying i prefer it and mostly hear more of the actual music in my room. 

but i would also say that you could stay with digital streaming and be fully satisfied. just don’t ever hear the best vinyl has to offer and you would be just fine.

ignorance can be bliss.

I almost exclusively listen to classical digitally.  Most recording after 1990 or so were only available digitally, and unlike popular music, classical recording quality in modern times remains quite high.  Some fairly crappy sounding recordings from the past, like 1979's DG recordings, actually sound better as digital reissues.  I also like the convenience, lack of breaks in the music to change record sides, and freedom from ticks and pops during quiet passages that digital affords.  

I have ripped about 3,500 classical CDs to WAV files and do most of my classical music listening at home from these files.  The catalogue of CDs and streaming content is quite vast and there are very few recordings that are not available digitally that I have on records.  

@mikelavigne 

Very well put. I agree with most everything you say. 
 I can accept “ignorance can be bliss,” but that excludes me from a lot of pleasure.