Good digital is coming down in price annually, while vinyl price/performance has plateaued.
My Stereophile Component of the Year Benchmark DAC3 HGC sound almost as good as my vinyl rig.
But my vinyl rig weighs in at 8x the cost of the Benchmark and is tweaked to perfection with great setup tools.
Also I'd add that in digital the cables, streaming source, and power conditioning make a huge difference in sound quality. The people who state that digital is just 1's and 0's and so cables and power don't matter - well they are uninformed*
Tom
*This is a family forum so I didn't say what I really meant.
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