"Jenn" wrote in message
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I've heard good analogue tapes (two of the 50s and 60s original Mercury
master tapes, for example) but never in a home audio setting. I'd like
to try to borrow a good Revox or similar and hear an excellent analogue
master tape and see if I perceive the timbre issue to be similar to LP.
That would help to determine if what I like about LP sound is due to
colorations inherent to LPs.

Well assuming you could get the appropriate and calibrated Dolby A setup, I
think you'd be blown away by how analogue tape takes that "LP sound" and
raises it to six no-trump.