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
Technically it measures worse, but loads of people prefer the sound of vinyl. Either we’re all idiots or the technical measurements are missing something subtle that our ears can pick up. Even my wife, who is not normally that interested in audio quality was amazed at how much she enjoyed listening to a Madonna album on vinyl.