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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.
mmakshak
mmakshak OP
589 posts
 
I forgot to mention the criteria used to evaluate music. It is how much you get off on it(I have other ideas, such as what plays through your head. but these are experimental.).
mmakshak OP
589 posts
 
Let's quit beating around the bush. Analog is far superior to digital.
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
there is bad analog and bad digital.

my experience at the last 12 CES shows and several stereophile shows as well as numerous visits to audio buddies tells me that most stereo systems sound lousy.

after listening to live music, i don't want to listen to recorded music for a while.

the closest thing to "soul" was listening to 4 original quads with a quad amp and analog.

the second closest was listening to 4 original quad speakers with a low powered tube amp with a decent cd player.

the point is that with original quads, it's hard not to have soul, even with digital.

one other point, get some mellow sounding cables with digital and there is a better chance of having "soul"
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
Makshak, huh? I thought you had finally fallen head-over-heels in love with your APL 3910. . . hwat happened?
mmakshak OP
589 posts
 
First off, I've never gotten-off on music more than hearing Alex's set-up at his house. I am,also, very grateful that I have an instrument to hear recordings made after 1981(I have, but rarely listen to, lp's made after that.). Alex also has given me a direct to cd recording from an analog lp, that he made. I've been burning in his cd player, also. Eventually, I will compare. Two things bother me, though. One-the music that plays through my head is generally analog. People don't realize what this means. I know that I don't(yet). Two-before modification, my cd player is Class C at stereophile, so cost of music in the home is my other problem. You can get a Rega Planar(or maybe a Music Hall)turntable and get one-dollar albums that, for sure, will bring music into the home. I have an obligation(unlike the audio press) to let the financially-challenged know that.
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