@toniE, it seems like your hobby is listening to equipment not music.
I said that once.
So like, an audio equipment hoarder
Here's where we differ. Assuming the mastering is decent on both (a big assumption these days) I have no love for vinyl. In fact, when the mastering is comparable on both formats, I prefer the digital. I just smile at all you people that believe that vinyl is somehow a superior format.
We differ here too. If an analog component sounded great 30 years ago, it should still sound great today, assuming it isnt broken somehow. The sound of the instruments you reproduce hasn't changed and there have been no significant breakthroughs in analog technology that I am aware of. I have heard newer Maggies several times by people who really think they are something special. To me they still sound as bass deficient as my T-1Ds did when I owned them. The best thing about them was the huge image they projected, and with MCH sources, all that matters so much less. They simply aren't worth the room they take up for me.
I don't listen to capacitors either. I've tried long and hard. They just sit there and make no sound.
My guess is you believe in burning in wire and cable too.... come on... be honest.
No, no, no... I listen to music... as I wrote elsewhere... my wife noted last year that our main system: 'sounds like music, not a stereo'.... that offers us the chance to enjoy the music.
The point is NOT to hear the capacitors, you see?
I listen to music... and my turntable, and 4000 LPs, happily makes music. And, if you read what I posted, you will notice that I also listen to digital streaming: Tidal HiFi... mostly Masters when possible.
Pretty much what I don't listen to is Red Book recordings from the 80s. Pffftt...
As far as old components... well, I do have components from 30 years ago, but the technology has advanced: materials, design, manufacturing, etc... so a great sounding component from 30 years ago may NOT sound so good today. That's why we have the notion of "vintage sound"... One of the things they weren't doing 30 years ago, well 40, was pay that much attention to speaker soundstaging, at the time they were busier with dynamics and frequency response. My ADS L810s are an example of East Coast sound, as opposed to the West Coast sound of the JBL L100, remember those?
Today, most every speaker with aspirations of good sound will out soundstate both of them, BUT, those two old speakers will out ZZ Top many of today's modern speakers... that's why I maintain a "vintage" speaker in my living room.... it makes ROCK sound really good.
And no, I'm hot a hoarder, just a collector. I mean, everybody needs 20 audio amps in their house.
For the rest, if you are a ROCK listener, you will simply not be happy with any Magnepan... they don't play loud or deep enough for you. I have tried running two Entec SW-5 woofers with mine and it helps a bit but, IMHO, they muddy up the bass for other types of music. Hence, I dug out the ADS L810s for rock.
Oh, burning cables.... I wouldn't know. I usually buy them all used, except for the Triple Virgin Signature MkIII Mercury that goes into the speaker connection troughs... that I had to buy on the beach from the Mexican Drug Lords that "import" them up the coast from Colombia. Those sound much better when a 440V, 24KHz, 10A signal is used to bias them, it adds an electricity to the performance that truly imparts the presentation with a jolt in the midrange.
BTW: I have all the original Supertramp LPs, including a MoFi of Breakfast in America. I saw them live in '80. You ought to hear them on the LP... Crisis? What Crisis?