I heard this the other day,
If its new its not good.
I asked what was meant by the comment, the reply was:
" modern gear" is no good, it doesn't sound anything like older equipment.
I had to think what was the point of the comment.
The guy tried to expand what he meant by saying what's happened when HiFi doesn't excite people, nobody goes to conventions anymore.
There aren't any Audio shops, when I was young the stereogram sounded great but now even the market can't create a standard format.
I just smiled and left the shop, then I saw on the internet that cassette was making a come back

I ditched my Nakamichi years ago.
I never owned a reel to reel, the days of chrome tape and noise reduction, the rattle of the cassette oh my life we will be back to 8 track next.
But then while listening to my tube system how strange it was that my M7 build seemed to "sound like" some old equipment I once owned.
Then I remembered people saying how do I get the "old sound" then wondered about how direct and emotional some of my listening was when I was younger. I even remember being asked by "girl friends" how it worked and why it sounded different. It seemed like emotional content flowed with the music. Perhaps its just looking back with rose tinted specs, but I can say without doubt things did seem different.
Does music move you, or do you just listen to it?
Regards
M. Gregg