It is true that vinyl versus digital could vary a lot linked to many factors...
That make any contest and comparison difficult...Even on the same system... A credible comparison system is mike lavigne one....
One thing is certain, analog resist better to acoustical degradation of sound in most room....
But in an optimized acoustically controlled room with a NOS dac it will be difficult to see much difference....
My own digital sound anything save harsh or unnatural....
I compared vinyl and digital on a good magnepan system but in a bad room and even there the difference was marginal...
Then this difference is nothing to compare with optimization of the acoustic settings and by that i means not only PASSIVE material treatment but ACTIVE mechanical control of the room...
Strangely there is plenty of thread between two side in war: vinyl versus digital...
There is no thread about these two complementary aspects of small room acoustic...
I am the first one to speak about mechanical equalization of a room ever here...
Those who speak about Helmhotlz resonators are sellers of costly resonators who speak about bass resonance nodes controls and NEVER use the resonators which each speaker in a particular way like i do... BUT a grid of resonators could and can control all the frequency scale especially with a passive complementary material treatment which will use reflective early and late timing wavefronts from each speaker which will then deliver any aspect of acoustic qualities and factors and put them ALL into complete control......
I am not exactly on the thread matter here but my point is vinyl resist more in the vast majority of acoustically uncontrolled room...But digital could shine on par with it in a very tightly controlled room, here the quantity of informations cues could be used through acoustic and conveyed to the ears...
One thing is certain there is a war between the 2 format BECAUSE the difference exist, yes, but is marginal compared to the absence or presence of acoustic controls.... The difference here is not only audible, it is a HUGE complete transformation on par with only the most costly upgrade possible perhaps of the speakers, and half the time even more powerful than an upgrade of speakers, especially if you already own very good one to begin with ...
Anyway no speakers can replace a room, go on youtube and there is many 100,000 bucks speakers sounding unnatural because of the bad room where they are embedded...
I am amazed to be one of the rare people saying that in all these threads here...Then most people busy to upgrade by frustration has never listen to a controlled room.... This is the only reason....They they vouch for their amplifier, their speaker or their turntable or their dac branded name or "taste"...
I vouch for room controls ....And for the the others embeddings controls but this is not the subject matter here and now....
