Bob Latham wrote:

If so, then you have to agree that pleasing your ears is an important
part of listening to Hi-Fi / music. That being the case, why is it not
valid to say that, for what ever reason, I enjoy the sound of LP rather
more than anything digital?

It is valid! But that is NOT what most of those people say. They say
"analogue is better".

Spot the difference? There's a massive difference between "I prefer
analogue" and "analogue is better".

The latter is an assertion that can be subject to objective testing.
Set the criteria; make the measurements; compare and contrast.

By almost all OBJECTIVE criteria analogue audio recordings are NOT
better than digital ones.

Which, of course, has nothing to do with what you, or I, might
personally prefer. That is a SUBJECTIVE assessment, and thus entirely
different.

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SteveT