merlin,

i mentioned those descriptions only as an example of how some would (unfairly?) categorize the vinyl sound.

as for listening through to experience a greater connection to the music and more detail, possibly but i don;t feel i have to make that kind of effort with cd and i still get a great emotional connection to the music and have enough detail that i still hear new things even on familiar cd's. would i hear more from vinyl? possibly but from my experience it is that i'd hear different things not the same as cd PLUS more.

the thing that make me laugh are those using bandwidth limited preamps making a big deal of vinyls greater bandwidth. hmmmm

cheers

julian