One advantage of vinyl (and also older CDs) is that the sound isn't mastered to be as loud and overcompressed as possible. A couple of albums (on CD) I've purchased in the last few years are so excessive that you can hear distortion at certain points. I thought it was Windows 8's sound at first, but it also happens on my car and home CD player.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war