On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:43:00 +0100, Rob wrote:

You've obviously not had the opportunity to compare it to the tape it came
from. Different, yes. Perhaps you prefer the distortion it adds.

Is one way of describing it - still sounds good, preferably good, to a
number of people.

Be careful here. When you dig into vinyl preference you often find
it's more about different mastering choices on compression than about
any intrinsic quality of the medium.