The best example I can give would be like the difference between watching a basketball game live vs with an hour delay. You technically are watching the same th

The best example I can give would be like the difference between watching a basketball game live vs with an hour delay. You technically are watching the same thing, but they have a very different feel. The physicality of the vinyl is what gives it the variation from playback to playback which is somewhat akin to listening to it 'live'.