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The Science of Vinyl/Analog Setups

It seems to me that there is too little scientific, objective evidence for why vinyl/analog setups sound the way they do. When I see discussions on tables, cartridges, tonearms and even phono cables, physical attributes are discussed; things like isolation, material, geometry, etc. and rarely are things discussed like wow, rumble, resonance, compliance, etc. Why is this? Why aren’t vinyl/analog setups discussed in terms of physical measurements very often?

Seems to me like that would increase the customer base. I know several “objectivists” that won’t accept any of your claims unless you have measurements and blind tests. If there were measurements that correlated to what you hear, I think more people would be interested in vinyl/analog setups. 

I know vinyl/analog setups are often system-dependent but there are still many generalizations that can be made.
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millercarbon, check out reviews of cd players and DACs in Stereophile. They are tested for harmonic distortion out to about 20th order and cd players and DACs do not necessarily output high levels of odd order harmonics. They may have back in the 80s but digital has improved and will continue to improve for a long time to come.

Let me ask you this, I have no idea what your system consists of, but do you think it sounds better than every digital system in the world? Not just to you, which it probably does, but to a group of audiophiles who listen to both digital and vinyl?
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