Vinyl (and somehow, though smaller, the cassette and CD) is the physical, analog, tangible artefact of music: you can hold it, you can smell it, you can look at

Vinyl (and somehow, though smaller, the cassette and CD) is the physical, analog, tangible artefact of music: you can hold it, you can smell it, you can look at it - and the size of the jacket entices artists to « say » something with it. It’s what makes/keeps music a tangible social object: when you discuss it, you can have it in your hands. That’s what makes the listening experience more complete, more memorable. Digital audio has the huge advantage to allow for more than only stereo - but that’s only relevant for the people or places that can afford to have a surround system. But you can’t see it, you can’t touch it.