> people who think LPs sound better than (properly mastered) CDs are used to this > distortion. Since it is not on CDs, they sound sterile to them. > > The way I've always heard it, vinyl sounds "warmer". Personally I felt the warm sound > was more attributed to the 1970's era amps and big wooden speakers that were usually > connected to them.
When people talk about "warm" they're usually referring to even harmonic distortion. Old tube amps will definitely color the sound, but vinyl has a particular sound even when you run it through modern equipment. I think redk9258 nailed it. It's kind of like guitar amps. They could make an amp these days that reproduces the sound of a guitar perfectly, but we all use 70-year-old technology because every is just used to the ways in which it distorts the sound.
> Audiophiles are a finicky bunch which is why they can sell speaker cables for so damn > much.
"Audiophiles" have been repeatedly proven to be a bunch of clueless yahoos who will throw money at every snake-oil salesman who comes along.
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