Your use of "illusion" and "pretend" seem a bit dismissive or cynical. It's just a vinyl interface to a digital set up. The alternative (when using digital mus

Your use of "illusion" and "pretend" seem a bit dismissive or cynical. It's just a vinyl interface to a digital set up. The alternative (when using digital music) is a digital controller which also tries to mimic vinyl, just more poorly.