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Is Digital actually better than Analog?

I just purchased an Esoteric DV-50s. The unit is fantastic in the sense that you can hear every detail very clearly in most recordings. Here is the thing, does it make for an enjoyable musical expereince? With this type of equipment, you can actually tell who can actually sing and who can really play. Some artist who I have really enjoyed in the past come across as, how shall I put it, not as talented. This causes almost a loss of enjoyment in the music.
Which comes to my Vinyl curiousity. I dont own a single record, but I have been curious why so many have kept the LP's (and tubes for that matter) alive for so long after the digital revolution and now I am thinking it is probably has to do with LP's being more laid back and maybe even more musical. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Would someone recommend going back to Analog. I was thinking of getting a entry level player like a Scout Master.
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audiofeil
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I own both high end analog and digital front ends as I find strength in both formats.

I'm not a technical person by education. That being said, I don't give a rat's a** about sin(x)/x filters, molecules, valences, ions, bandwidths, upsampling, downsampling, oversampling, undersampling, quantization, broken stairsteps, broken barricades, broken fences, etc. :-)

What matters to me is the sound. I agree with Mike in the sense that I don't care what anybody else thinks. My gear is assembled to please my ears. So buy and listen to what best satisfies your own needs. Both formats can sound superb and we'll never agree on this issue. Trust your own ears and get a few laughs from threads like this.
audiofeil
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>>So I guess that means....analog wins. Wahoo!<<

Ding!
Round Two
Pass the popcorn
audiofeil
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Like Nsgarch I own great examples of both digital and analog technologies. They're both superb if done correctly.

No question that analog isn't going much "further" and digital as Yogi said "has most of its' future in front of it".

I enjoy all of it and simply let the chips (no pun intended) fall as they may.

As Raul says relax and enjoy the music.
audiofeil
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>>Check out Sergeant Pepper on Wikipedia for an example of severe messing around in stereo....<<

I kinda doubt George Martin and the band were really thinking about us audiophools when the album was mixed down. IMO of course.
audiofeil
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Wait a minute. I have a car with 3 carburetors; starts every day thank you. I will also get there before you do.
:-)
audiofeil
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Nice job Raul.

The emperor has no clothes.
audiofeil
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Why don't we all chip in to cover the cost of a Dale Carnegie correspondence course for Dead Ward?

I'll toss in a buck. Anybody else?
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