Analog vs. digital

@rvpiano The Deccas are listed in Systems in more detail. Basically modded Super Gold and Golds.

Often stated here is that between Vinyl or analogue which sounds 'natural', but what 'natural' do you mean. I had a hifi nut professor at uni who I kept in touch with for some years. To him his Klipsch speakers, Leak amplifier and Garrard 401 / SME sounded 'natural', it never did to me.  What he meant by 'natural' was how that system sounded. Everything else was not 'natural'. The guy at Zero Fidelity coined a phrase, "which fake do you want". All hifi is fake even the very best, and I have listened to $500K worth and it is still not at all like live, in my mind actually much better, the live experience is better but not the sound. So which is the best fake 'natural'. The one you like. To me the slightest pop or crackle on vinyl total ruins the experience, the slightest sound of a mis track stops me listening to the music, so no vinyl for me I'm afraid. Is digital perfect? Yes its perfectly digital playback, you may enjoy perfect vinyl playback, just enjoy the fake you like best, or both if you like the difference.

I'm wondering if the precision of digital is more like to identify reflections from baffles that some believe is the so called "bright" sound.

If you’re not hearing the high fidelity in your system, then something is wrong with your system. 

I had a $75 analog set up and my digital gear with diy streamer and commercial DAC (together $16) equalled, sometimes bettered, analogue. However LPs that were recorded in analogue eg 50s, 60s, 70s jazz were generally  preferred depending on the mastering. Modern vinyl was usually a waste of time, the digital source easily matched and often outstripped the vinyl unless it had been produced as an all analogue item. Unless you want to purchase AP remasters 33rpm or 45 rpm ( I have most of the originals I want on vinyl anyway) digital is probably all you need.

No matter how good a system you have, the quality of the recording influences the final outcome, poor recordings can sound better but inevitably the software governs the hardware and final outcome.