When is digital going to get the soul of music?

Try 192/96 DAC - the sound becomes smoother, so you can play louder without hurting your ears, so more emotion comes through.

There are computer programs that will convert it to higher specs as well. If you re-burn your red book CDs on a good cdr like taiyo yuden, the sound becomes better.

EAC program is best for ripping the data into the computer.

Feurio program is best for burning.

Both can be downloaded for free - just google it.

C5150, I've just joined your ranks, for reasons other than your own. I'm confused from my audition of Aplhifi's sytem. Fortunately, he sells what I heard. First though, I have to understand it. It almost seemed like it didn't matter what was being played. It affected me so much, that it was a letdown to even think about playing my system. My sytem still has something that causes the songs to play in my head when I'm away from it, but the way it affects me after listening to it is not comparable to Aplhifi's. Now, I don't want to add to your confusion, but maybe he's on to something. I'm trying to investigate it.

I've decided to buy Alphifi's Denon 3910, and I don't own any cd's.

I guess at this point it is safe to declare that digital 'got the soul of music' on January 28th, 2006. Welcome Mak, and good luck!

interesting thread...gets a little personal..so would everybody please put down their gun..

in review of digital, i would have to agree that analog is easy to listen to and 'get lost' in the music very quickly...

however, given the need to have a decent digital rig is absolutely needed when you want to listen to something that is available on cd only. so going back and forth is when you notice the discrepencies.. but are you making a really fair comparison ?????

most analog owners will have a analog rig that is 5x-10x the cost of their digital rig.. so is that really a fair comparison ?

think of the years you have listen to bad digital because of a poorly isolated unit and stock power cord (cringing !!!!!!) there have been quantam leaps in digital playback over the last 6 years and in the very best digital units have rivalled analog- though at a much hugher cost...

the curren state of digital has been promising except fot the demise if sacd/dvd-a . Imo, WE ALL LOST ON THIS in regards to a high level recording format...

but for now, affordable digital is very, very, good and "in somes cases" it has equaled vinyl in overall terms in digital units costing $3k-$5k..

i am hoping by the next quantam leap we will be ewual footing or better yet higher gtound..