Fsonicsmith you nailed it. Most people memories are not that long. What is Femer background in music , engineering etc... If I was going to Quess, writing is how he got the job.
In regards to the variables you also nailed it. The record groove is a physics nightmare. People need to look at a microscope picture of a lp then come back to me about how great their stylus profile and compliance is. How many people even understand how a cartridge works? Then we get vibration issues. Rebound it , let drain, but how fast , wait what frequency, no modify then rebound no I mean drain. Crap now I am confused. Wait I will ask the Ad men or the magazine writers they are musicians and have physics with vibration control back grounds degrees and can write up a storm in there spare time. How that for a run on sentence. Quess I am not getting a writing job for a audio magazine!!!
The funniest part about the whole thing is regardless of how many variables known and unknown we play with and test, your ears are the only thing that matters. Regardless if it sounds like real music or not. The problem starts when people start talking in absolutes. Or my favorite Netrual or maybe Upgrade or better across the board, guess I have more than I thought.
Enjoy the music
Tom
