Once the initial novelty wore off, I never developed a real affinity for the sound of vinyl. I didn't grow up with it, so that's probably why. Of course there's a subjective rabbit hole to go down here. I can't voice my displeasure with vinyl without six subjectivists immediately telling me it's because my broke ass can't afford the five- or six-figure setup necessary to "get the most" out of vinyl. Funny thing is, I'd bet the cost of such a system that most of the people who extol the superiority of vinyl don't own such expensive setups themselves, so once again we have a subjectivist disconnect. Am I to believe that, by the aforementioned logic, these people would actually enjoy digital more since their setups aren't apparently good enough for vinyl to "take the lead", or are the ostensible benefits of the format actually available for less money? If the former, then that's just plain ridiculous; if the latter, then clearly my impressions are valid and I don't need to hear some obscenely expensive setup to change my mind.
To the subjectivist, it's both at different times--when it's their own setup they're listening to, that they've sunk their money and personal investment into, vinyl is clearly superior. But when a doubter enters the room, then nothing but a system only Bill Gates could afford will unlock the true potential, but trust me, vinyl is still better!
To the objectivist, of course, it's simply a matter of personal taste. Some people just like that sound better. That's perfectly fine. But, by any measurable standard, vinyl is an inferior medium to any modern digital format. Now there's no shame in preferring the technically inferior option if there's something about it that one particularly likes. We don't hear charts. We hear sound, and if we're not in the hobby solely to collect gear, we hear music, and anything that gets somebody tangibly closer to the music is fine in my book. But one needs to be able to separate their personal impressions and preferences from reality, something that, as we've discussed at length in this thread, subjectivists find very difficult to do.