I really don't care about reproducing the exact sound of the recording equipment since 80% of my 2k+ collection of older vinyl is far from sounding perfect to my ears. In fact about 50% sounds mediocre to poor. Hence I have both a Loki Max and a Puffin in my system. Puffin for secondary TT, Max for everything digital. Primary TT is only pure unaltered sound source on which I only play the 20% of my vinyl that meets my ears criteria as is. Recording quality is a crapshoot. Not so much poor equipment, but poor engineering and mastering. Why not tweaking their deficiencies.
And of course, perfect audio equipment, studio or home kind, will never sound to their full potential unless installed in a properly built and setup listening room.