@rauliruegas : your prediction is spot-on, youngsters prefer MP3 sound to whatever else is out there. Makes old f@$&s like me cringe, but its true that young brains cannot take the "torture" of analog. Once this recent fad of LPs and cassettes gets old, digital will rule, I suppose...
As for me, as you said, its too late: I Love the distortions, noise, background hiss off my Keel-ed, Aro-ed Sondek (and Nakamichi deck!) and I play SACDs and CDs only as a background/convenience noise. My digital front-end is at about the same $$ point as LP12 (see my profile) but to my aging ears analog gives something extra (distortions?) which I find "natural".
I wonder if dCS stack would be a revelation for MP3 crowd, or if they find it too "analytical???!!!
As for me, as you said, its too late: I Love the distortions, noise, background hiss off my Keel-ed, Aro-ed Sondek (and Nakamichi deck!) and I play SACDs and CDs only as a background/convenience noise. My digital front-end is at about the same $$ point as LP12 (see my profile) but to my aging ears analog gives something extra (distortions?) which I find "natural".
I wonder if dCS stack would be a revelation for MP3 crowd, or if they find it too "analytical???!!!