I think there's something to the analog hiss, even the scratches. Tangentially, someone on Hacker News mentioned Cathode (http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/ca

I think there's something to the analog hiss, even the scratches. Tangentially, someone on Hacker News mentioned Cathode (http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/ http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/), a terminal program that emulates old analog monitors. Screen glow, burn-in, noise, even occasional sync hiccups, can all be tuned to the nth degree, which I have, and now I'm hooked. I think it's also the sounds that can be added, but that's another psychological topic. I don't own a record player and usually aim for consolidation, digitization, and the annihilation of clutter. But you can only go so far before it gets too cold. Even Google's Material Design and similar UI fashion is too sterile. There is evidence that the constantly circulating, subtle film grain in movies used to pleasantly tickle the retina, and I think vinyl background noise is similar.