When is digital going to get the soul of music?

I've found digital recordings via Lp to be a revelation. Still not as good as the best analog, but much warmer and imaging and soundstage and textural complexity are much better than any CD or SACD player I've ever owned. Textural differentiation in the bass, (such as being able to hear low harp and timpani as two distinct sounds), are much better on digital Lps as well. It may no be the digital recording that caused all the mess, it may be the disc itself.

Boa2: Subtlety wasn't the issue ... showing that we are all different with different tastes was.

Perhaps you missed this paragraph:

"There are, however, apparent differences in how and what we hear ... which is cool, we don't all like/prefer the same sound. There are folks that prefer SET tubes and horns over solid state or Push-pull tubes and cones or 'stats. and I'm sure that certain players integrate better into some systems than others."

I'm certain that your Wife hears differently than you do, too.

Best wishes,

Jack :)

"I've found digital recordings via Lp to be a revelation."

What are "digital Lp's"???

Guidocorona, I think is was a combination of the afteraffects of listening at Aplhifi combined with his proof that it wasn't the digital recording process that was the problem. I also experienced some of what I' de call digital effects not driving me crazy. Maybe that would be analogous to the ticks and pops on records driving some people crazy? I have to ask a question, though. I heard an Eric Clapton cd, in which I found the dynamics to be different than what I was comfortable with. Do I need to speed up my listening process or something?

No Mak, do not speed up nor slow down anything. . . just listen to the music and follow your heart. If the APL 3910 player gives you joy it's the one for you. If in the end it does not, then it isn't. And this goes for any other player as well as for digital in general. As I posted elsewhere, think of the audition process as 'dating'. Was it exciting yet only a one or two night stand, or are you now ready for a commitment and you want to take 'her' home to Mom? In other words. . . was it lust but the two of you are not truly compatible, or is it true Love?