I assume that sony figures that the small number of people who want to use the product with vinyl aren't the core demographic. I also think they should be lauded for trying to make a simpler product that won't intimidate the buying product. The key goal should be making it easier to use quality downloads to bolster that market. Just think how awesome it would be were apple to sell 24 bit 96khz downloads through iTunes!
Simpler is better if the goal is to kill of lousy lossy mp3s.
Simpler is better if the goal is to kill of lousy lossy mp3s.