Wherein lies the charm of vinyl (records) for you?

Three days ago, after a five year period of lending it to my brother, I got my record player back and I immediately started to play some records on it I had an oldie player but due to it not always properly working I only used it sporadicaly, and I loved it!
It got me talking about vinyl with a friend that was staying with us for a while for a while.
The charm of vinyl for him was to go to a records shop and browse the stands, to flip them through his fingers, raise an interesting one, and some more, and go to the sales person to ask to listen to them and then buy a few.
For me it is the careful handling of the records and the sleeves when playing them, and the fact that, as opposed to CDs, you have to walk to the machine, halfway, and turn them to hear the remaining songs.
What is it for you that makes vinyl stand out?