When is digital going to get the soul of music?

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 :)

12-17-10: Learsfool

digital processing simply removes too much timbral information, something that designers have always acknowledged and have never been able to fix, despite the great advances digital has indeed made. This is what most people mean when they talk about missing the "soul" in digital recordings.

Thank you..that is exactly my experience. You could not of said it better. Cheers !

So I secured an Ortofon MC A90 cart with very few hours last night. It will need to be broken in... not a bad thing as it means I have many hours of listening pleasure ahead before stylus replacement. I will be giving my Shelter Harmony a rest and will give my comparo of both down the road. Still no pics yet of my system, but they will be fourthcoming when I make the time to take them.

I am curious what load impedance owner's of this cart like ? 10, 50, 100 ohms ? I probably won't get it in my possession until early next week. TIA

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For me, digital has the heart AND soul of music. I'm in music heaven.
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