Mr. Sanders interview was a very interesting article to read and I do adhere to the fact that digital may be true to the recording or what the engineer wanted to do of it but it does not address one variable, the human brain and how we perceive information as well as our hearing system's limitation. I for one could not listen to the dynamics of an orchestra for a full day but can listen to my sound system for hours on end, why would you ask, well I addressed some of the stresses of live music by adapting my sound system in a format I can live comfortably with. To make an analogy we have various lighting system that reproduce light in away similar to sunlight but we are still using incandescent lighting around the house! Reason why, we like the warmth of it. Why do we dim lights when we're listening to music, create a mood. Same goes for a fireplace. Why do we like analog, although there are limitations the warmth attracts us. For some it's the sound they grew on, whatever.
Second, as he so elequently mentioned, our hearing system is flawed either by design or by abuse. No two person hear the same information the same way. If you are sitting 50-100 feet from a band can you see the stages imaging as you see from your system, chances are if you're not using you eyes you can't to the same degree. Lastly there is no sound system with two speakers that can reproduce the dynamics of 100 musicians on stage so again our brain adapts to the information.
Not being an engineer I can't state that fact with certainty, but I suspect we don't yet have uncovered all the variables into the interelationship between music reproduction and our hearing system.
At the end of the day what's important is makes us happy, nothing else!
As an outside note it must be painful to rip 2000 records to digital files.
That's my opinion and remains just that, an opinion as I honestly don't believe in knowing the absolute truth.
Cheers