Vinyl is not "better". It just sounds different than digital playback. Some people like the characteristic of the sound output of vinyl better. It can be mostly

Vinyl is not "better". It just sounds different than digital playback. Some people like the characteristic of the sound output of vinyl better. It can be mostly described at "warmer" or "has more colour". Others really enjoy the physical nature of a record. I have both a large collection of ripped CDs to lossless format and vinyl records. I can tell the difference between the same album played on each medium. In both cases the music is being played to the same set of speakers via the same tube amp. Is one better than the other? That is down to what you like! Would say for most rock/pop/metal it does not matter. For classical/jazz/opera I prefer the sound of the vinyl. One issue that others have pointed out is that how you master counts for a ton of how the music sounds. Unfortunely you can mess with the music more on the digital medium (there was for a long time a race to loudness and compression) which made things sound just freaking bad on mid-range setup. It was okay in headphones, but on any decent system it would sound like crap. The last few Metallica albums were like this. At the end if you do like to listen to vinyl do NOT use a cheap player like this. Playing is physical motion and the tracking weight of the tone arm being high will destroy your vinyl. There are tons of audiophile sites out there and some (most?) of the information you need to apply a reality filter to, but some of the reviews are pretty good. If you are looking for a good mid-range starter record player I recommend you look at the stuff from Rega. You can get a good very simple player for <$500 (I did not say cheap).