To me the most apropriate technology for acoustic music was DAT mastering - a large beautiful airy sound.

However that lasted all of ten minutes. the machines weren't very good for editing. and minidisc became the industry standard despite its compressed and 'smaller' sound, it was a doddle to edit. Now most people store the their stuff on hard disc. In the middle of that was DCC - I've still got one those and a dat machine somewhere.

I was never a fan of analogue stuff. I know its got its fans, and theres a certain romance about those old studer machines - like sailing ships, and steam engines.

However all kinds of people are making quite creditable recordings with the new little machines. And good luck to them!