I am trying to find the relevant articles, but when it popped up in other discussions, there was proof that people actually prefer the flaws/artifacts that different music formats introduced. Vinyl and turntables had very specific flaws that listeners would not clue into consciously, but still prefer, the same way that the compression in mp3 formats sounds comfortable to newer generations. Subjective Fidelity and Problems of Measurement in Audio Reproduction and Subjective audibility of MP3-compression artefacts in practical application are two articles I have cued up in terms of going down this rabbit hole.