If you're not passing your scratched to shit vinyl through a $20,000 tube amp and a Denon AKDL1 link cable you're not hearing the sound as the artist intended it.
Hey, don't make fun of my gold plated Toslink cable!
Pleasant imperfection. High-end roll-off. Natural compression. (Speaking as a musician, not an audiophile.)
Of course, all of that can be emulated quite faithfully now.