The comparison I keep waiting for somebody to make is the Analogue Productions Fantasy or Blue Note 45rpm releases to the companion SACD releases. I would think that would be as close to apples-to-apples, both medium produced in exquisite fashion so nobody can cry foul, comparisons.
I have definitely gotten sound out of my analog setup that I've never experienced with digital, but it has been far from universal that analog trumps digital in all cases, or that digital sounds fake, 2D, flat, harsh, etc. in all cases. Certainly, there are plenty of examples where it does.
I've been into music and a nice systems a lot longer than I've had vinyl in the system, but my take is that there are certain experiences that you can only get with vinyl, but that vinyl takes up a lot of space and is more costly (incl software when I say this), so I really have to value those unique experiences or I'd be all digital. I do value them, so now I have both, but I can certainly understand how many would not.
I have definitely gotten sound out of my analog setup that I've never experienced with digital, but it has been far from universal that analog trumps digital in all cases, or that digital sounds fake, 2D, flat, harsh, etc. in all cases. Certainly, there are plenty of examples where it does.
I've been into music and a nice systems a lot longer than I've had vinyl in the system, but my take is that there are certain experiences that you can only get with vinyl, but that vinyl takes up a lot of space and is more costly (incl software when I say this), so I really have to value those unique experiences or I'd be all digital. I do value them, so now I have both, but I can certainly understand how many would not.