Geez, how did I miss the fact that our gracious host here owns not a single LP?   I so wrongly assumed that a bigshot like Michael was already sittin' on stacks-o-wax. In that case, a stock P3 would sound downright revelatory after years spent listening exclusively to CDs! Kindly disregard everything I've said up 'til now (although you seem to have done so anyway   ), a wondrous new world awaits!

Cheers, Dex