I have analog rig but its usage dropped significantly after my Marantz SA-10 was fully broken in late last year. It's the master tape transfers to DSD (up to 2x, 4x) by 2xHD and others that really impressed me (bought from Native DSD and HDtracks). Live recordings straight to DSD is also very good by both Blue Coast and Native DSD.
I built my own digital player using Intel NUC7i5 and use USB to SA-10. I still play CD and SACD physical medias occasionally.
The upsampling of Redbook CD to DSD 4x enables more details to be heard. Despite that, Redbook CD does not sound better than true-analog vinyls. It's the DSD format that killed my analog rig which costs 4x more than SA-10.
The convenience of selecting albums/artists from smartphone, jumping tracks, the lack or surface noise, no need to change vinyl sides make me just relax while listening. However, when the sound is too perfect, some of my hard-core vinyl friends don't like it, but that's not a problem for me.
My suggestion is to go into hires if you want the best from digital.
I built my own digital player using Intel NUC7i5 and use USB to SA-10. I still play CD and SACD physical medias occasionally.
The upsampling of Redbook CD to DSD 4x enables more details to be heard. Despite that, Redbook CD does not sound better than true-analog vinyls. It's the DSD format that killed my analog rig which costs 4x more than SA-10.
The convenience of selecting albums/artists from smartphone, jumping tracks, the lack or surface noise, no need to change vinyl sides make me just relax while listening. However, when the sound is too perfect, some of my hard-core vinyl friends don't like it, but that's not a problem for me.
My suggestion is to go into hires if you want the best from digital.