David Looser wrote:

"Arny Krueger" wrote
"Eeyore" wrote
Arny Krueger wrote:

There is no chance that there is anything wrong with the
sound of the CD format since it is sonically transparent.

No help to those who actively seek colouration though.
Same as valve amps. The two ( liking valves and LPs)
seem to go hand-in-hand which strongly suggests to me
that those people like a strongly coloured sound.

I think that sentimentality, a desire to be different for the sake of
being different, and gettting attention is behind most of the adamant LP
preference we see expressed around here.

Hey, I like vintage technology too! I've got a collection of valve TV sets,
old telephones, a telephone repeater panel dating from 1924 and all sorts of
other items ("junk" as my wife calls it :-( )

And you must admit that there is something about steam railway locos that
modern electric ones just don't have. Why shouldn't the vinyl and valve-amp
brigade have their fun?

Yes but have you seen some of the diesels the railways nuts have now ? There are
several Deltics that have been restored and are still in operation and even some
Class 44s , 45s and 46s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_55
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_44
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_45
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_46

The Class 45s used to work the local line. I well recall one of those hauling a
train from St Pancras to St Albans (32 km exactly) in 16 minutes. An AVERAGE
speed of 120 km/h or 75 mph.

Graham