You're not wrong in the general "audiophile" world where fools and their money are parted over snake oil magical cables claiming benefits only those with the most golden of ears can enjoy.
Where you're getting pushback is that this thread is talking about vinyl records and tube amps, things where the noise and distortions introduced by their operation are well known, well documented, audible to anyone with normally functional ears, and regularly utilized artistically. These are not the inventions of grifters with a product to sell, it's just an older technology that is less precise in a certain predictable way which some people find pleasant.
Right, but this subthread is about it being fine for people to prefer the sound of less accurate systems, just not to claim those systems are objectively superior.
The poster I'm replying to is then acting like it's some weird audiophile belief that records sound different from other media.
On the topic of the overall article, of course the people who believe a digital processing step makes things inherently worse are absolutely off their rockers.
Where you're getting pushback is that this thread is talking about vinyl records and tube amps, things where the noise and distortions introduced by their operation are well known, well documented, audible to anyone with normally functional ears, and regularly utilized artistically. These are not the inventions of grifters with a product to sell, it's just an older technology that is less precise in a certain predictable way which some people find pleasant.