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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
aplhifi
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Kijanki,

I understand! This was a good decision!

Please don't kill her, she only needs plastic surgery; cut all her credit/debit cards. :-)

Best,
Alex Peychev
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mapman
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"plastic surgery; cut all her credit/debit cards."

I like that!

Not the kind of PS that most wives might find appealing though.....
fas42
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Tbg, yes, classic Sinatra recordings are an excellent test for a system in good form: the orchestra should sound massive and deep, with tremendous bite and clarity in all the brass, while Sinatra's voice is superbly smooth, low key and controlled, riding easily upon that wall of rich sound. What happens what digital is "done right" ...

Frank
muralman1
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I will second Frank's last post.
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rick_hopkins
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Tape Project tapes on my Ampex or vinyl on my SME 30 sound better to me than anything I've heard on any digital gear I have tried or any digital gear that I have heard.

I'm trying a MacBook pro with a Weiss DAC 1 right now and it's very, very good. It delivers the best that digital can offer however, it's still a shadow of the best analog.

The problem, in my opinion, lies not in the player but rather in the medium itself.

Based on that, and in answer to the question, it is my belief that digital can't get to the soul of music the way analog does.
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