Robm321, I would agree with you to the extent that the IMPLEMENTATION of Digital is clearly inferior to vinyl. Please believe me when I say that, if you need 5 things to make vinyl sounds best, you need at least 50 to make Digital sound best.
A really nice guy and also owner of $100K SOTA vinyl setup visited me at the CES show. I played 88.2KHz/24bit DVD-A for him which I have personally recorded from a $25K vinyl setup. Although the 25K vinyl can not compare with 100K vinyl, the above mentioned gentleman agreed that it was just like the actual vinyl was playing - no sign of digital. We have also A-B-ed this recording with the actual 25K vinyl setup it was recorded from. There is no difference one can hear.
I will soon visit the nice gentleman with the 100K vinyl setup and will record 96KHz/24bit DVD-A out of it. There will not be any difference on A-B test, I guarantee it. Bottom line is that whatever vinyl carries as information can be captured and reproduced with Digital without any negative artifact to the ear. Digital offers the resolution and sound quality of vinyl; it’s just that it takes a lot more with it to get it right.
Regards,
Alex
A really nice guy and also owner of $100K SOTA vinyl setup visited me at the CES show. I played 88.2KHz/24bit DVD-A for him which I have personally recorded from a $25K vinyl setup. Although the 25K vinyl can not compare with 100K vinyl, the above mentioned gentleman agreed that it was just like the actual vinyl was playing - no sign of digital. We have also A-B-ed this recording with the actual 25K vinyl setup it was recorded from. There is no difference one can hear.
I will soon visit the nice gentleman with the 100K vinyl setup and will record 96KHz/24bit DVD-A out of it. There will not be any difference on A-B test, I guarantee it. Bottom line is that whatever vinyl carries as information can be captured and reproduced with Digital without any negative artifact to the ear. Digital offers the resolution and sound quality of vinyl; it’s just that it takes a lot more with it to get it right.
Regards,
Alex