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
Highly highly depends on the type of music, the way it was recorded, the age of the music, etc.
I was gifted Alison wonderland on vinyl, it honestly sounds exactly the same as digital.
But all my favourite rock bands, the digital feels not only a bit lifeless but artificially enhanced.