Dear Suteetat/Lewm: I think you are " right " on your thoughts and those opinions could not be in other way and the main reason of that IMHO is that: for how many years, maybe 20-30-40, almost all of us heard and today still hear those kind of distortions that we like it is it that we are accustom to it? it does not matters if are " right or wrong ".
It is obvious that if that kind of distortions is the " only " kind of distortions I heard/hear any other distortions generated by a different audio item can sound " sterile " or whatever.
My point/subject is that today we have real alternatives other than the LPs, alternatives where we can enjoy the music too.
In the past the only alternative to really enjoy MUSIC was LP no doubt about but I think that today we are showing a new " audio era " and we are lucky enough for live it:
never before the analog/LPs were at its today quality performance level and never before the DIGITAL was at its today really great quality performance level, along both facts never before our each one audio system was at so top quality performance level!!!!
So, in many ways these are the " golden years ". That some of us are reticent to accept the digital or SS today development to enjoy music does not diminish in any way those facts I mentioned.
Today I can " see " more ofr you with top digital units some of you with the lates DACs and some of you now are listening through SS electronics and even MM/MI cartridges. So things are changing for the better and is up to you to grow up in music's benfit or not.
From my part I'm enjoying all today alternatives. Maybe I have an advantage over some of you: I'm not " married/sticky " with any audio technology, I'm maried with MUSIC and its enjoyment and I always try to find out the " best " technology/alternatives to enjoy it .
What are you doing?
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
