Agree completely. Not just vinyl. I have a few 78's, and on a decent deck they sound amazing. A few crackles, but I have one of Paul Robeson, and it sends shivers down my spine - it is like he is in the room. No CD, or even album, I have heard sounds like that. That is because there is very little between him and me. His voice, captured by a microphone, transferred to disk. Today, you don't know whether what you are listening sounds anything like the source - because it is over produced. Of course, somebody here will tell me I don't know what I am talking about. But I have the 78s, and you don't. I also have the LPs. LPs printed before the mid 1970s are superior to those printed after. That is because before the oil crisis, LPs were thicker, and the press allowed for deeper grooves. That means that old LPs originally played on older equipment sound great on newer equipment - because the stylus can track the lower part of the groove that has less wear. I have an original copy of the soundtrack to Young at Heart with Frank Sinatra and Doris Day - sounds amazing, even though it was played for years using an old Decca Deram needle. Ditto for my original LPs by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, etc. The difference shows most on Jazz and Classical. Listening to some of my vinyl again after nearly 20 years of digital music was an epiphany. LOL. No comparison.