Modern caliper brakes vs old cantis, I finally swapped back

I spent the last decade running newer Shimano linear pull brakes on my commuter, figured they were just better. Then I picked up a beat up 90s mountain bike with basic cantis at a garage sale in Portland for 40 bucks. After a proper setup with fresh pads and some toe-in adjustment, those old arms grab way harder than anything I had before. The modulation is night and day too, I can actually feather them on wet pavement instead of the on/off feel I got used to. Sure, they need more fiddling with the straddle cable height and the noodle setup takes patience, but once you get it, it just works. Anyone else gone back to older brake tech and been surprised, or am I just nostalgic for stuff that's actually worse?

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