Ban wrote:

Maybe the whole thing is due to the whimpy dynamics of LP, which requires a
much bigger compression especially on classical recordings. So LPs *are*
mastered differently. Some people just like it compressed, because they do
not have the required gear to reproduce the dynamics of a life concert. This
would also indicate that tubed amps are popular with them, which "round" the
clipping a bit more.

As I have pointed out in previous posts, some people just like the sound of
certain kinds of compression. There's nothing wrong with this. It certainly
can be euphonic, but it's not accurate in terms of signal processing.