When is digital going to get the soul of music?

Stickman451, I think DSD far surpasses HD PCM. I had many of my sacds playable off my music server and thought the DSD far superior to just playing the sacds. All was great, until my 09 Mac Mini stopped working and my new 13 Mac Mini was screwed up by Apple to get it to work with Windows 8. Many third party programs were screwed by Apple in getting the Mac to run on this worthless MS program. Soon I expect that these third party systems will be updated to work with the 13 Mac Mini. I dearly wish I could dump Apple, but the Remote app on the Ipad is great for running what Itunes thinks is its music data, and the Mac Mini still has Firewire output.

All of this said, however, my Nantasis Lenco, Ikeda 407 arm and Ikeda 9TT blows away even the dsd.

CDs/digital is exhilarating for me these days. Is that a strong enough adjective? Bad digital is fixable and should be made old news by one who cares. The only question is how good can it get from here and what else might still be around that can beat it case by case if/when it matters. Its very good, but still not "perfect". Few things are.

I'm with you Mapman. Very enjoyable music comes to me even from the early poorly done CD's. It's in the music. Perfect is always coming.

There are so many great jazz, blues and similar genre recordings originally issued on various forms of vinyl, including 78s, that are gloriously compiled remastered and released on CD these days that sound absolutely glorious. It seems to be the rule these days rather than the exception. Too many I have encountered and now enjoy for the first time to mention. Lots of "soul" in there!!!!!!!

Well said Mapman, honestly I just don't hear that "blows away digital" that some do with their turntable. I'm fortunate to have heard some wonderful analog and digital front ends in very well set up systems. Both can really sound fantastic but one doesn't outclass the other, at least this hasn't been the case for me. I enjoy both.
Charles,