I'm of the opinion of Ray here. In real life there is always a certain tantamount of distortion, a natural distortion that could be very very pleasant.
That is one of the reasons on occasion I prefer spinning albums on my turntables.
And if I would have better quality turntables and better recorded LPs, I can easily see myself spinning more vinyls than screaming the pits and lands of CDs under a laser or than streaming the valleys and creeks from music files.
Also some preamps, amps, speakers have that accuracy of reproducing real life natural distortion.
And the same with some cables and power conditioners and rooms.
Picking the right audiophile system is a very personal passion. There are no two the same.
Deal with it; someone has a better one than yours. But nobody can take away my Blues; it's inside the veins of my soul.
Just like no one can take away your internal rhythm, the one that makes the heart of each person beats to his own tempo...it's there always, listening or not.