Bob, I Have a nice TT and prefer digital. I do not find it fatiguing in the least. In fact, the most fatiguing stuff I have heard in the last several months has been from vinyl.
Joe, my Pioneer vintage TT and Sony linear drive are very inexpensive but fun. I love vinyl for the looks, but not so much for the short 20 minutes and the extended cleaning. But this is what I grew up with and my love will never die.
Right now I'm strictly setup for digital CDs, SACDs, and DVDs and Blu-rays (Music, Audio). ...And Video too...HDMI.
Also I love multichannel music, so the restriction of stereo from TTs are kind of retro from the disco years...which is not my forte.
I was humorous up to an extent when I mentioned fatigue from digital; to be more accurate I cannot define if one produces more fatigue than the other one.
I'm serious now; I never analysed that aspect or from digital CDs and from analog LPs or cassette tapes.
Let's forget cassette tapes; it was fun but it's garbage. Low fidelity.
Yes, me too in my own very modest experience with very modest audio gear I prefer digital overall. But I love analog too, just less and differently.
Less because SACDs in multichannel is the bomb! I just love it, and no TT can give me that.
I have the highest respect for ultra hi end audiophiles with a sota TT and best mastering LP music collection...Jazz from the fifties (my bag).
The emotional value that I accord to my analog life, no science will never take that away from me...it's an unconditional love affair.
And it's true that I can get fatigue from analog LP music listening too, particularly with the extreme audio frequencies.
I found a better overall balance across the full audio spectrum of digital music listening, and after say several weeks of spinning strictly LPs, it is a revelation to spin quality music recordings on CDs; the bass is much more vigorous, and the highs cleaner and better balanced with the most essential part of our music...the mids.
* This post now is serious. Everything is true from my own perspective, my sincere opinion. But my opinion is only as good as my modest experience; there are other people in this hobby who I value their opinion to a much higher level/standard.
I'm with you Joe, on a very similar ♫ wavelength.