Dunno, i've got some stuff I hard limited, i don't do it for vinyl like that but sometimes when it's going on a CD for home listening, just so it isn't quieter than anything else, and if you look at it in a wave editor it looks well processed but does remarkably sound alright. Not quite as nice as the unlimited version but nice.

Anyway here's another thing, I've noticed that some of what I'm doing is generating a lot of sub 0-40hz energy and wacking an expensive filter on the master outputs (or the kick and the bass seperately) before the compressor gets me a punchier mix.

Do we think anyone or any rig anywhere is going to care that those frequencies aren't anywhere in the mix. My gut reaction is no ...