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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
melbguy1
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I might be a bit biased, but if the question is "When is digital going to get the soul of music?", the answer might just well be the slightly revised/upgraded Vitus SCD-025 spinner which adds a DSD USB board that bypasses the receiver and SRC part & sends DSD, DxD and DoP signals direct to the dacs. This player was already incredibly resolving, rich, pure and analogue sounding, but now raises the bar even higher.
tzh21y
1,654 posts
 
I agree. Digital is getting closer
czarivey
5,745 posts
 
Can I have please one quantum of soul?
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geoffkait
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When a person dies he weighs 0.00044 ounces lighter as measured with an atomic scale. That's the mass of his soul.
tbg
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Audioengr, pretty soon all master tapes will be quad DSD digital tapes. We had better hope that this format captures the "soul" of music.

I really don't think that "soul" is the goal. Rather, the emotion of the musicians is there in both vinyl and digital, but the filters and lost resolution best accounts for the deficiency with 44.1 digital versus the best vinyl.
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