I still have a turn table and CD player. Despite the pops and cracks, I think analog still presents a more realistic sound stage and imaging than digital. Of course, a lot of that depends on the quality of the recording to begin with.
@BizSuitStacy If there's any real difference in the sound, surely you don't have to get much past puberty before you can't hear it any more. I still have my turntable & records but I don't prefer them to digital recordings of the same music. And thank goodness someone made a CD reissue of my very first and much-loved classical recording** - my ancient vinyl version now emits just a long, clicking hiss with faint music in the background.
** Dvorak Symph no 9; Constantin Silvestri and the SNCF orchetra - 1957 !
"Many children and teens can hear frequencies above 18khz, but for most people they become inaudible by age 20
Clinically normal hearing in teens and young adults typically goes to about 16khz
That ceiling tends to persist for a couple decades, but the average volume needed to hear the highest pitched sounds steadily increases until the ability disappears
By age 50, most people have trouble hearing noise above 14khz at all, and at average volume the top end is usually closer to 11.2khz
By age 70, the average person hears sounds up to 9.8khz comfortably at normal noise levels, with a top end of around 12khz for loud noises"
