Also, digital playback is under continuous evolution - and this is particularly notorious in the SOTA and unhappily very expensive systems, such as the DCS's and Metronome's. The few times I listened to these units in appropriate systems, I was really impressed with the quantity of extra information and realism they can deliver over the more affordable players. Although there is still a few aspects where IMHO vinyl scores better, good digital, even in CD format, has shown to be much better than we could have assumed ten years ago.
One aspect if critical in digital - system synergy and room matching. SOTA digital playback seems to need much more optimization than analog playback.
BTW, I do not own a Vivaldi or a Kalista. But they are in my dream list ...