Larry, I always appreciate your wisdom and God knows I have better things to do than be argumentative about recorded music formats. I'm not going to write an essay on why I think vinyl has outlived its usefulness; such an exercise would be fruitless and probably inflammatory.
But your observation about "warmth" piqued my curiosity. When was the last time you heard a LIVE progressive/hard electric rock band and marveled at the "warmth" of the guitars?
I'm not saying it's not pleasant, I'm not trying to pick a fight. I am still unable to throw away dozens of my LP's (although I rarely listen to them). I'm just suggesting that what some people like and enjoy about the Vinyl experience is attributable to mutations along the path rather than faithful reproduction of the source.
I'm no engineer, and I'm sure it's come up before. IS there a plausible technical explanation as to how/why vinyl might be better able to capture the live performance than digital media?
