the last decade has brought about 'serious' advances in the remastering and manufacturing of the compact disc. the reality on the hardware side is that (unfortunately)the players(at any price) cannot perform miracles with the thousands of poorly made discs that are out there. the cosmetics and the exotic materials that we audiophiles love have pushed the envelope and the price on the hardware side into the abyss. many of the early players are nearly as refined(soundwise) as many of the 5-figured 'newer' front ends, when used with more recent cd production efforts. to this day, any workhorse turntable with a decent arm and cartridge will push more emotion through a stereo system than any digital front-end. our want for something more from our cd's will always be the subject of debate, and the money 'down-the-drain' in search for hardware, will find many of us running in circles for a few more years, anyway.
When is digital going to get the soul of music?
I have to ask this(actually, I thought I mentioned this in another thread.). It's been at least 25 years of digital. The equivalent in vinyl is 1975. I am currently listening to a pre-1975 album. It conveys the soul of music. Although digital may be more detailed, and even gives more detail than analog does(in a way), when will it convey the soul of music. This has escaped digital, as far as I can tell.
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