Let's assume there are people who are able to hear a difference. Why does it matter to a majority of people and the way they consume music? Maybe I'm from a spoiled generation, growing up listening to FM radio and tapes, even copying from tape to tape.

A lot of rock music lives from the imperfection of audio equipment, people spend a considerable amount of time replicating the behavior of vacuum tubes. Even techo producers like Robert Babicz record to analogue tape machine to enhance the final result.