This is my classic Stax thread cont ... in a more general sense ...

First off: KenRockwell.com comes up VERY high in Google SERPs when searching for certain models. Good photography; simple (old-fashioned = made-by-ordinary-Joe) web layout (the kind web-usability experts like Nielsen and Krug have been sayin' works best, for years; and they are pretty much right); plain, jargon-free, next-door-neighbor-style English/language .... all very appealing and non-commercial ... and "homey" [I actually prefer 'major corporate' sites, like Sony, 'cause I know where they stand]
... and (arm-chair psychologizing here) Mr. Rockwell probab. REALLY believes what he's preachin' ('cause most homo saps have pretty good built-in bullshit detectors)
all this, I'm guessin', is what makes his sites rank high.
But us serious canners know what's what ... and that brings me to the Subject: why do certain serious canners like classic (= OLD) cans (eg., beyerdynamic DT 990, DT-48, old Stax, etc)?
You've see long threads and reviews on head-fi, etc. devoted to some of them.
I've got a lot of 'em 'round the house  -- MOSTLY attic/basement -- or have heard them at meets... and I WAY prefer the latest models.It's simple: As new insights into Nature are uncovered, and science/engineering improves,  technology evolves, and we get better gear (all else held equal, of course).
It's good to have perspective, and some frame of reference ... and maybe conversation pieces (somethin' to talk about) ... but come on, folks (esp. proclaimed serious canners). Time to move on -- step into the modern world.