Fascinating that you'd express such a view even in the face of ample evidence of the Loudness-War and the effect it has on popular music in digital media, with even mastering engineers articulating on the issue and acknowledging the detrimental effects on whatever popular music you listen to on the digital media you refer to.
Have you actually read about what is happening to the music? Have you not heard it yourself? And how would you explain the multitudes of reports on the effects of the Loudness-Wars, saying exactly the same things I've said? They're all wrong?
Have a look here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war
https://www.yoursoundmatters.com/vin...-loudness-war/
https://www.arrow-av.com/news-review...-unfortunately
http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/thread...leases.701375/
On a separate but related issue, you also mention, "digital IMO remains true to the original recordings dynamic range, whereas vinyl has far more variance."
Amazingly, that's the very same point I've been making, along with all those articles on the subject you haven't read. If you look at a previous post of mine, you'll see me highlighting the very same fact that digital audio is absolutely capable of mimicking any sound-source, including analogue master-tape or any other analogue source. But if you were to actually stop to think really, you'd realize that that is not the issue.
The issue is all about the drastic curtailment of dynamic-range in digital recordings of popular music, due to the Loudness-Wars. This issue is widely acknowledged by the players in the recording industry (and admitted by many who actually engage in it). So for you to deny what the industry-players have admitted and acknowledged actually boggles the mind.
As to vinyl's "variance" or limitations, I've also pointed that out along with the fact that; were it not for the the effects of the Loudness-Wars on digital (Pop-music) vinyl would be irrelevant (to me, at least). Whether or not you recognize that vinyl is less affected by the loudness-wars (due to its limitations) and therefore more dynamic than CDs mutilated by the effects of these 'Wars (acknowledged by the engineers who actually do it) that's less important than whether or not you recognize that the Loudness Wars has a detrimental effect on digital recordings of popular music.
Unless you recognize what the whole recording-industry acknowledges, then there's not much point in a game of 'trivial-pursuit' - literally.
Thanks for the critique, though.
Cheers