i completely get preferring analog media, so if it’s about the sound characteristics (that ‘warmth’), having physical media, etc fair enough. but if the goal of an audiophile is to get the highest quality reproduction of a recording wouldn’t CDs or FLACs be your best bet?
maybe this only really applies for newer music, perhaps digital releases for music recorded analogue are just digitized vinyl or reel to reel recordings but for music produced in DAWs the highest quality version available for that release would surely be either a CD or a digital FLAC release
My subjective opinion: music that was originally intended for vinyl sounds better on vinyl, music that was originally intented for digital sounds better on digital. That trumps any technical consideration that might arise about the formats themselves.
In the end, I think this discussion is moot. People might say they want the highest fidelity possible, but how many of them are choosing completely neutral, monitor-like setups? They almost always look for warmth somewhere, for brightness somewhere else… those are distortions just as much.