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
>>I don't think that I can take seriously anyone that doesn't have an analog system<<

Wow! That's an awful bold statement. I have a number of friends and customers with all digital, absolutely killer systems, who know high end audio quite well.

I can't agree with you. Sorry.
I think the problem is that analog provides the baseline(1981 or earlier recordings, unless you want to spend $30 per album). Let me put it this way, both (or maybe three) of my designers have bought or brought back their analog systems. Guidocorona, you need a benchmark, and this is it. Let me say what happened tonight. I played the Beatles "White Album", comparing digital to analog, without an SPL meter. Originally, the analog was much more relaxing, but lacked detail compared to cd(Boy, they are very comparable!). My friend made me play the analog, instead of comparing both, but when I lowered the volume on the digital, I couldn't make up my mind. I repeat, the APL Hi-Fi Denon 3910 cd player is for analog lovers. Alex says that it was compared to analog. For those that don't know Alex, he is straight-up! He tells me 200 hours. This was from the get-go. Still, you need a reference(My reference cost $10,000 in 1992.). I need input from people who have both. I'm sorry, Guidocorona. Cd's vary too much. I've gotten much information on this site about cd's, but let's join reality. There is much more variation on cd than on analog(My recommendation on 1981 or earlier albums is pretty valid.).
You will need to let it break in for 200 hours; it will be even more unbelievable. I can not reveal what exactly is done in your Denon because it’s confidential, but I believe it is in the league with the best all-solid-state digital units on the market today, cost no object. It was indeed developed with pure analog in mind. It was “voiced” and finalized using A-B test with vinyl.



Here is a summary of the mods in your player (this is something that can be revealed):



Linear Power supply for the DSP (Digital Signal Processing).
Low jitter APL Hi-Fi Master Clock
Various extensive power supply upgrades.
Bypassed certain Digital Processors for pure signal path.
Paralleled DACs.
Re-designed filter stage.
Single ended Class “A” MOSFET output buffer.
This is being compared to $10,000 analog(circa 1992). Just don't tell me that your memories of analog are equivalent to actual listening. Come on! Let's get something going here. Let's get it right!
Mmaksahk, Does APL Denon 3910 do over or upsampling or is it straight-up 16/44.1? Sorry I am not familiar with this model. Is it Denon CD player and modified or is it APL brand using Denon transport mechanism. What does DSP do? Is there any Alex's web site I can go to?

I do agree with Vinyl being standard for comparision. Even with my limited experience of less than one year w/analog.