It's hard to say, and I look forward to reading other replies, but it could to an extent be, not analog per se, but vinyl. There are limitations in what can be done to encode deep bass in vinyl grooves -- leading to the use of RIAA (and other) equalization. Also, if I'm not mistaken, cartridges tend to slope response down at the bottom end in order to avoid rumble issues. CD does not have those limitations. So it could to some extent be "analog" sound. But what you lose in this way, you more than make up for in palpable, lifelike, swinging, groovy presentation pure analog gives.
Of course, you may also have a mismatch. The Bellari doesn't have all that much gain, and the Project is pretty entry level. A better deck would probably help -- my Lenco certainly slams like no belt drive I have owned, even though it still isn't as oomphy as my cdp.
(Congrats on a really nice setup, by the way).
Of course, you may also have a mismatch. The Bellari doesn't have all that much gain, and the Project is pretty entry level. A better deck would probably help -- my Lenco certainly slams like no belt drive I have owned, even though it still isn't as oomphy as my cdp.
(Congrats on a really nice setup, by the way).