When is digital going to get the soul of music?

I just had a friend go to the Colorado Symphony Orchestra last night. He kind of listens to Waylon and Willie on da am radio in the pick m up if ya kno wat i mean. And that is about it. He is about 40yrs old. He said he had a cool time last night at the symphony. I feel that the symphony music is not appreciated as it could be because of the poor replication of it all the way from the recording process down to the sound systems we play it on. There is a LOT that gets lost it seems or that goes missing. Symphony music has it all. It has a ton of soul and color and emotion and expression, ect. I think the poor reproduction especially in the digital format, might be a strong reason that people don't connect to it.

Jwm, please re-read the quote, and perhaps the article too. What you said is exactly what the author IS saying. I thought the article was quite interesting because the author made a very cogent case maintaining that the redbook CD format of 16 bit/44.1 KHz is more than sufficient for excellent playback --- IF and that's a big IF -- the music was better recorded, mastered and engineered. It's not the format that's the problem. It the production process.

Well at least that's what the author said.

Best,

Bruce

Metralla, what is your opinion re the Steve Hoffman hybrid?

I admit I have not gone through all 15 pgs of this, I'm just skipping to the end (this IS unlike me) so if its been said already just tack this on as a +1 ( or + #) for the fact that digital's soul has arrived with at least one new Dac (there are likely more?) It's the Lampizator Big 6. SOUL Baby, S O U L.

11-03-13: Jwm writes:

I'm not talking about comparing to the redbook layer in the same disc. I'm talking about comparing SACD to its RED book counterpart.

The problem with that is to ensure the mastering is the same. That's why I gave you the Hoffman Creedence example.

The redbook layer on the SACD is never as good as the SACD of it.

Ummm, OK. I think I would have no argument that.

I have always found the redbook cd by itself is always better than the redbook of a hybrid cd.

I don't see why this should be so. Can you be certain they have the same mastering? Could you tell me a specific example so I can make the comparison myself.

Regards,