We were talking about digital(accurate) vs vinyl(non-accurate) sources, to which you responded "Some prefer euphony over accuracy.".Nope. A home stereo setup, no matter how expensive, will not give an absolutely accurate reproduction of an orchestra's sound, if for no other reason than the listening room being different from that where the music was originally played & maybe recorded. My preference is to hear the orchestra live, but absent that, I have to rely on audio equipment in my room. I use the term "euphonic" to describe reproduced, not live sound. Live unamplified sound is what it is, warts & all, while reproduced sound is what I get through my equipment, and that can be all over the road in terms of S.Q. I might, for an example, use a bass control to tame the dreaded Telarc bass drum. I am not into SET amplifiers at all, as they are too inaccurate for my enjoyment. In the end, it's what tickles my nun-handles that matters.
Yes, live music "is what it is, warts & all" but it is also the reference "TAS". So I will ask again, if you found the orchestra's live sound also unpleasing, would you ask the conductor to somehow make it more "euphonic"?
Preference will never be a supportable issue in the discussion of High Fidelity.I would never argue LP's are better than digital in general but there are examples where old LP's contain the most accurate (or preferred to some people) remaining recording of some music.
And in the majority of cases superior, being devoid of all vinyls audible distortions and noise.Finally we are talking about vinyl and outside of a few needle drops the streaming service copies will sound different.
I'd much rather be listening to MUSIC, from a SOTA digital source.There's also the fiddly nature of the LP playback equipment. You get to try arms, cartridges, and turntables and countless alignment approaches to no end, if you enjoy fiddling with equipment.
Why not use a apples-apples compare?The other issue is worn out master tapes before digital transfer. The best example I have is "Are you Experienced" by Jimi Hendrix. If you listen to an original pressing LP compared to the latest and greatest "remaster" it is clear than a ton of HF information was lost from when the original LP was cut to when the tapes were transferred to digital.
The LP was recorded in late 1966, just 20 years before the first CD release in 1986, it has the DR of 12 exactly the same as any vinyl release I'm aware of. I don't believe the tape had deteriorated badly in that time.
And speaking of bad examples, JH extreme distortion from his Strat and Marshal twin stack makes it near impossible to judge any release as to SQ.