Which is more accurate: digital or vinyl?

I think in the strict sense of the term digital is better, the best digital IMO trumps the best vinyl in this instance, one big reason for me is low frequency capability.

I have found when I upgraded my cartridge about 9 months ago that I was missing information buried in the grooves of vinyl records. I would have said digital was more acurate before then, but I beleive now that vinyl contains more information. It just takes the investment in turntable and cartridge to extract it (along with other sorted related equipment of course). MHO of course.

Strictly speaking in terms of accuracy I would have to say digital due to the lack of Dynamic Range in Vinyl media and the accuracy of the RIAA curves in the Phono Preamp.

Digital, not cd, has the potential to deliver a bit perfect copy of the original master recording of, say, a 24 bit 192khz resolution recording. I don't know how close we are to reaching that potential at the moment, but I'd guess we're not too far off. So I'd have to say that digital soon will be or is now more accurate.

Digital doesn't make all those crackling and popping noises either.

If anyone prefers vinyl over digital, I will not argue that you should not. Enjoy whatever you enjoy.

Digital is only a way to store the information, not less accurate. If the sampling rate is high enough and the bit word length is long enough, say 24/192, or more, or SACD, done well, analog is just too inconsistent, and a bad storage medium. Master tape is very good, but degrades over time, and is not convenient. How many people are rushing to turn in or yard-sale their inaccurate digital cameras of 15+MP for film ones???? Digital cameras are just evolving faster than audio is, but hopefully audio will catch up and digital will obsolete analog once engineers adopt a good format like SACD, and implement it correctly. And yes, I have both analog and digital, and like them both, but like digital more and more. The future is digital, and CD's are on their way out, once inexpensive storage is available, in quality, and simplicity, it will happen very fast. I see many .99 cd sales. Sell them fast or better yet, store them on a hard drive, like a mac mini. jallen