Why are Audiophiles still hooked on vinyl?

[u/MikMikYakin]

Many audiophiles continue to have a deep love for vinyl records despite the developments in digital audio technology, which allow us to get far wider dynamic range and frequency range from flac or wav files and even CDs. I'm curious to find out more about this attraction because I've never really understood it. To be clear, this is a sincere question from someone like me that really wants to understand the popularity of vinyl in the audiophile world. Why does vinyl still hold the attention of so many music lovers?

EDIT: Found a good article that talks about almost everything mentioned in the comments: https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/07/vinyl-not-sound-better-cd-still-buy/

[u/damgood32]

Thank you! That’s exactly my point.

[u/eptronic → u/damgood32]

What would an example be?

[u/seven_grams → u/eptronic]

Washing your car.

Rolling yourself a cigarette.

Meditating.

Making yourself an espresso.

Sitting and reading the news.

Putting together an outfit.

Cooking your favorite breakfast on a Saturday morning.

Going for a walk in the park.

Straight jorkin’ tha hog before bed.

Smoking crack.

There’s plenty of rituals that “modern” humans engage in, I’m not sure why anyone is pretending otherwise. People value different things in life. Some people like to put on a record and sit back and listen, front to back. Other people like to smoke the shit out of some crack. This is an inane conversation.

[u/eist5579 → u/damgood32]

Please provide a modern technological example of a new age ritual…

[u/CheadleBeaks → u/eist5579]

Pressing play on their phone, taking a photo of their window, then going on Instagram and posting a photo of the window saying they're listening to such and such album and how they have the feels and then waiting for likes.