Precisely. Do vinyl records sound better than, say, mp3s? Objectively not (at least from a pure audio perspective). But that's not what's it about. Humans aren'

Precisely. Do vinyl records sound better than, say, mp3s? Objectively not (at least from a pure audio perspective). But that's not what's it about. Humans aren't robots. The ritual, the priming of the experience, the necessity of putting effort into the selection and stewardship of your music collection, even the fragility and fussiness of dealing with vinyl records themselves. All of these things help deepen the experience and make it easier to justify taking time out of your day just to listen to music (there's so much temptation to multi-task and push music into the background otherwise). Could you do all of these things otherwise? Sure, but it definitely seems a lot harder for people to do so. This is just how the human psyche works, and it's pretty serious, important stuff. Think about how much of religion is built on the same elements (ritual, caretaking, tradition, etc.) for example.