When is digital going to get the soul of music?

Mak, I would drop digital all together and stick to analog if I were you. Tension in left upper part of body may be an early sign of cardiac muscle distress.

Guidocorona, I believe, with me, you hit the nail on the head. I do believe that I have health problems.

Wow! I just got back my APL Hi-Fi Denon 3910. I can't believe it. I've only listened to Led Zepplin's, "Houses of the Holy", which I'm not too familiar with, and Neil Young's, "Decade". Let me tell you, I couldn't tell "Decade" from my analog set-up(which is no slouch-Linn, Ekos, nude Archiv, Lingo, and Mana Sound Table). I actually went to my turntable three times while listening to "Decade". Once, when I went to the bathroom, to see where on the record the needle was. I also went to take the arm off the record when the cd was done. I understand that a lot of cd has to do with recording quality. My current understanding is that analog to digital is good, and that later cd's are much better recorded. But, who wouldn't like analog sound with a remote?

I don't know how Alex of APL Hi-Fi did it(he doesn't even have an active turntable-although that will be changing soon.). But for you analog lovers, I believe his APL Hi-Fi Denon 3910, will do the trick. I'm not sure why. Let me give you a little background. He modified my APL Denon 3910. While I was waiting, I upgraded my Nuforce 8.02b's to 8.5's(this mostly had to do with a power cord upgrade, and maybe their footers.). I dialed in anti-skate on my analog(see Mana Acoustics, Hi-Fi Room, "How to tune the Mana Sound Table by Ear".). While I was waiting for the upgrade to my cd player, I raised my signal cables(per Mapleshade). I also separated my signal cords from my cords. I slightly changed my speakers distance from their back-wall. All I can say is that I've only listened to his player since I got it on Sunday. I will investigate further, but I believe analog lovers need to investigate his APL Denon 3910! I will be investigating this further, and provide further info on my set-up. I have dialed in my anti-skate for the tracking force that I'm using. The end result is that I feel I need to fine-tune my analog to be competitive to this cd player.