@glupson: Why poor Randy? Sounds like he had a great system!!
Also, kudos to oregonpapa for having something similar. His success takes nothing away from Randy's system. It is not a zero sum game. Sounds like Randy's system gave oregonpapa a glimpse of what is possible and therefore what he should strive for.
It would be my wish that we ALL had amazing systems that have the "time machine" quality that takes us back to the instant of the original performance/recording. I think that is what most of us want, and we should all be working, collectively, to make that possible.