When I started my journey in the early 90's, I had nothing. Don't forget, that was the time where EVERYBODY said and wrote that anlog is dead and will be buried in the next years. I went to several Dealers, charged their Demo room and did compare Vinyl and Digital. My investments were done in Analog. My Dealer said "You want W-H-A-T???" A turnable, a cartridge and a Phonostage, please...
In the following years I had top of the line Digital and listen to those Demos until today. It is made for mass market, entertainment but until today I NEVER heard a Digital combo sounding like the real thing with 10 CD's in a row.
Analog is a chain, Arm, Table, Cable, Cartridge, Phonostage....RCM... a lot can be done wrong but....when done right, it can send you into the recording session.
No matter what you or we think, in a few years Analog is the ONLY High End (no matter what quality). It can be seen, it can be touched, the Owner "does" something and at least he can watch a unit which spins... :-)
HiRes Download? Give me a break...the next joke is prepared.
