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Vinyl has better artwork.
Vinyl requires more effort to listen too, forcing the listener to be a part of the listening experience.
In addition to the arguments mentioned before and yours:
CD's wear out just by existing
Vinyl looks better in every way
BUT
CD's have a usable index for those times that you are not listening to a whole album
CD's are so much lighter
If you rip the CD's to FLAC's the weight reduction is increased multifold
CD's take up way less space
ALSO
I don't like the smell of either
I listened tape all the way up to my discman D201
The problem with CDs is that digital storage media is better in every way, and a streaming service is arguably better.
New vinyl purchases many times include a digital download too.
Sadly vinyl prices have gone up and more and more releases don’t include digital inserts anymore. This is particularly the case in the video game music vinyl world.
I have probably 50 or 60 video game OST’s vinyl and I think I’ve gotten 4 or 5 digital codes with them. 3 of those were because super giant games was good about that lol
Track placement matters more with vinyl, too (or tapes for that matter).
The song "Back in Black" is in the middle of album of the same name
but it's the first track of the second side on vinyl. Like you said, it's a part of the listening experience.