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For me it is less about the sound and more about playing music in a way that is devoid of any real software or internet connection.
I don't have to worry about ads, updates, connections, etc. Just other analog things like a bent needle or dust on the record.
It's like camping. No I don't like sleeping on the ground specifically but sometimes it is worth doing so to be somewhere else: disconnected.
Or you could just buy a CD/DVD player or audio file player and have the same ad-free experience but with modern signal quality and for a fraction of the cost. Heck a saved library on a laptop running some kind of audio player like WinAMP and disconnected from the internet would also give you that experience. Could even use Windows XP or a classic Linux for that nostalgia since it wouldn't be internet connected.
Yeah, or have a meticulously organized multi-terabyte flac collection in your NAS you stream your music from...