Ok, thanks.
"Inferior" in terms of technical accuracy? Sure. "Inferior" in terms of producing a satisfying musical experience? Not always, not to everyone. That is what most people want out of their sound system right? A compelling musical experience.
If you get a more compelling overall experience playing a digital source, and someone else gets a more compelling overall listening experience from vinyl, then it makes no sense to just dismiss the older technology just because you prefer the newer one.
And a sound system is (usually) a tool for a listener to have a compelling musical experience.
If an older tool does that for a significant number of people, then the newer one is not automatically superior in that important respect. And it's worth discussing.
Of course there is. Musicians discuss things in terms of old technology all the time. Even with relatively modern gear people distinguish between new and old guitars, old keyboards, old effects, etc. Someone advocating for a new technology can talk about all the technical superiority of a new sample-based system vs an old mellotron.
But a musician may still prefer the sound of the old mellotron for a track, so it's still of value.
Likewise, you can talk about the technical advantages of a digital source, but a record enthusiast may prefer the sound and experience from a vinyl record, so it's still of value despite being an old technology.
It really isn't a different scenario: in either case one can find pleasure from old or new technology. And thinking "but digital is JUST SUPERIOR" is similar to someone trying to argue but the LATEST KEYBOARD SAMPLER IS JUST SUPERIOR. That's just not how value works in EITHER case.
I think that covers the rest of the points.
So I think Levimax's reply (and mine) are reasonable responses, which anticipated your elaboration.
Actually, it's just that type of misleading simplification that is one reason why the thread is still going.
No problem. But, make sure you don't stumble on to the ASR subforum for:
Turntables, Phono Amplifier, Cartridges
You'll have a heart attack due to Amir devoting all that storage space to this old technology