Well clearly not every wax head because here’s one in front of you telling you neither of those explanations are applicable to him, and yes I’m a little irritated here because your first comment was pretty damn judgmental, dismissive, and stripped down to the point of being pretty incorrect, so I want to apologize for my tone a bit but also state that I really do not appreciate how you kicked this off. Happy to back off on the hostility a bit.

If someone says “it sounds better” they’re either saying “I personally like the specific qualities of vinyl” or don’t understand what these various formats are comprised of and offer.

Here is the short version.

It’s the same reason many people like to shoot film. Digital is better at everything except being film. There are unique qualities and features that only happen from shooting and developing film. You can emulate and imitate to the best of your ability with digital - which has superior “data” capture, resolution, color info, etc. - but it still isn’t actually film. It’s about the artistic merits and unique qualities of the medium, not maximizing the “data” onboard. If maximizing that is your goal, then film - or vinyl - is not a good choice.

Let me put it another way: are photographs of people better than paintings of them?

One other advantage is that vinyl is actually incredibly durable and the audio on it can be salvaged, albeit in a damaged form, even in pretty extreme scenarios and after very long periods of time. But that’s a very specific need for things like the library of congress and other archival institutions.