....... It is inferior in every possible way.....
Yet another general sweeping opinion touted as fact.
Actually it's not inferior in every possible way. Many people get more enjoyment from music when played on Vinyl. To them it's the superior format.
Humans listen to music to music to gain an emotional connection or appreciation. The best music replay system is the one any given individual enjoys listening to music through the most. Vinyl provides more musical enjoyment than other formats to a significant number of people. Ergo for them Vinyl is the superior format. QED.
When are people going to understand that simple fact. Just because one may derive satisfaction from the knowledge that their replay system is technically accurate doesn't mean everybody else in the world does, or even cares. For most people in the world (and I think I can safely state that as a fact given the incontestable figures indicating the way people listen to their music) the accuracy of their chosen replay system is very low on their list of priorities when choosing what they listen to music through. They use one single judgement. Which method they personally think sounds best to them and that they derive the most enjoyment from. This is the case for probably 99.9999... % of the worlds population.