Yeah - I have a USB in my car that I load up with about 4K songs a rotation so i can listen to what I want when driving....try doing that with a spindle and some vinyl...
But there is also value in things you cannot chart and graph.
Sure, there is "ease of use" and sheer volume storage capacity among other positive attributes of digital sound.
But they are no more real than the things I high-lighted in Post #120.
Some times it's OK not to speed through life at 200 mph.
I've been working on and with combat aircraft for 40+ years - a quiet, rainy afternoon with old record albums and a turntable can be relaxing in a way digital media just cannot meet. Can I prove that with metrics? No, but I can feel it in my bones.