Have digital players improved

hi tim:

for the record the sound i most preferred was the following system:

stacked quad esls, 4 quad mono tube amps, mac c22 pre, thorens td 124 table, with ortofon cartridge and arm.

i have heard many systems since 1966, when i owned the above, and none have i liked as much as what i owned back in 1967.

of course, tha's just my opinion.

personally, as i have often said stacked esls are my favorite sspeaker.

Yes. Is the short answer. The ones I have tried are more natural, focused & cleaner than earlier versions. Not forgetting the ability to play higher sample rates.

In my personal opinion, both vinyl and digital have greatly improved. Most week nights I listen to a music server and have used highly modified Oppos. With the Apple remote, I can just touch an album or play list and have it play. I get a very real sound stage and dynamic with great bass and top end extension. Were I to not have a vinyl system I would be very happy. What do I prefer about my vinyl system, simply realism! Have I always had it? No! I have a fine tt, a Bergman Sindre and the Ortofon A-90 cartridge, but when I got the BMC MCCI phono stage I was just dumbfounded with what I heard. Do I get tired of changing records? Yes. Life is not a picnic.

Wolf Garcia said it best earlier, brilliantly using artistic metaphor...that guy is so interesting. Again, I add that I find a nice turntable rig is the only way to play LPs that haven't been turned into digital files (I suppose I could do that but it seems like a pain in the ass). The ONLY WAY as they won't fit in a CD drawer and without a turntable they're merely large cardboard and vinyl objects on a shelf.

Also, dear "Goners", please learn the proper use of and differences between "they're", "their", and "there" so as to make yourself at least SEEM a little smarter, and to make the world a better place.

Wolf_garcia, you might add confusing here with hear, weather with whether, and not using the subjunctive correctly. It is "if I were to guess," not "if I was to guess." It is not a matter of seeming smarter, it is communicating.