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pink Floyd dark side of the moon mobile fidelity getting closer to vinyl

I am listening to dsotm on mobile fidelity CD through a marantz sa11 s2 SACD player.  It sounds like digital is getting much closer to vinyl, without the maintenance.  Just curious of how others are feeling about vinyl.  It seems as though unless you have quite the analog front end, digital is catching up, and this is an older CD, but a very well done one.
tzh21y
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jriggy
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Sounds like a good enforcement for the Marantz SA-11 (in s3 designation now)... Are you using the player as a transport to a DAC also, or only as an SACD to a preamp? If so, how do you like it for redbook with and/or without a DAC?
tzh21y OP
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I do not have outboard DAC.  Just the SACD player to the preamp.  I actually like the redbook CD playback very much from this player.  SACD is also very good but I do not have many sacds.
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jmcgrogan2
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Digital has made many great strides since the early days of the 80's/90's.
That said, my analog front end still has a distinct advantage over either of my CDP's.
michaela
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Digital has come a long way but I think a lot also depends on the source. I have had a Marantz player, although not the SA-11, and in general, I find them to be more on the forgiving side, very easy to listen to. I listened that that very same disc (DSOTM) on my Modwright Oppo105D and it is very, very close to my analog front end.
mesch
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jmcgrogan, what is your analog front end vs. your CDPs?
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