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Not a fan of the writing style but most of the conclusions are sound. Porky interview is a classic. Always surprises me what his name turns up on.
Airhead-
Agree on the writing style. Not 100% sure that his conclusions are sound.
He says that digital masters are massively compressed. I doubt that is correct.
He talks about valve amps using only point to point wiring. Ok, nice high end hand made gear but I doubt you can "hear" a PCB.
Valve amps introduce measurable distortion. Many people enjoy this. That's fine, but I don't buy that it's somehow "closer to the original sound".
I do agree that LPs made from CD rips are a waste of time, and are audibly inferior. Someone gave me an Oscar Peterson LP on one of those labels. It's rubbish. The same argument does not apply, IMO, to LPs made from studio digital masters.
ChasnotRobert
a long read that might be of interest
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/extreme_record_collecting_confessions_of_an_analog_vinyl_snob