When is digital going to get the soul of music?

Digital does have the soul of the music when mastered right and the same care is taken for setup. This new trend of knocking digital CD format is to pray another generation starts into this hobby.

That is not happening at the numbers that the boomers were in. Clean you discs, try a good CD mat and you may be shocked just how good a CD can sound, and I've had a large LP collection, and yes some LP's sound better, because the master tape was used and that was 40 years ago.

Who knows where that tape went when they mastered a CD, what they have been able to do in the last 10 years with these old analog tapes is amazing to me.

Digital as it's good points, but it always will sound different then a medium that uses vinyl, a platform made of different substances, arms and stylus all add up to a different sonics and color...so their is no absolute right one!

I can listen to my system and get pulled into the music like I did my vinyl in fact some newer cd's have sounded as warm as my 1st pressing vinyl with better dynamics and tone.

When are people going to stop asking this question and just go listen to the format they prefer?

Talk about a dead horse people.....

That last post was just plain evil.

Mekong56 speaks death in his 666 post - be careful!

In all honesty, my post was dripping with sarcasm, but meant to have a humorous tone. It's all in good fun. It just never ceases to amaze me how this debate never seems to end, and consistently rejuvenates itself. I am a digital guy mostly but have dabbled in analog. Recently sold my analog rig after ripping all my my digital from CD's to a hard drive. The PS Audio PWD and Bridge ruined me for analog. I agree both formats have their own advantages and disadvantages.

I will admit that some people don't get my sense of humor :)