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to my ears digital audio does not sound natural? something is wrong!

lf Digital audio is man made how can I expect the brain to recognize it as natural sounding?

lf I re-encode digital audio with the earths natural frequencies will the brain now recognize it as a natural source allowing the digital audio to harmonize with my brain creating an entirely new listening experience?

This might sound crazy however it sounds perfectly logical to me so i went to the park at 3am to record the frequencies of nature using the built in mic on my cheap mp3 player in wav 16/44 and uploaded the wav file to my pc and while the file from the park was playing on my windows media player i made a simple copy of a commercial digital album flac 16/44 on my desktop and here are the results using the same audio source.

commercial release flac 16/44 http://u.pc.cd/PmXctalK

commercial release  with earth frequencies http://u.pc.cd/7d7

lt may be the placebo effect and i'm hearing what i want to hear however i think the music is now in harmony with my ears?

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grannyring
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It can be natural. Get the right front end and learn first hand. Try a Innuos server paired with Ideon MasterTime 3R Blackstar reclocker/filter and the new Mojo Audio Evo dac. This digital front end will change your mind after just one song.

Again, broad brush dismissing of digital is simply incorrect and out of step with today’s reality. It can be very, very good. Yes, as good or better than many analog front ends.

Pair the above digital front end with the right remaining system components and be prepared to forget about digital vs analog. It simply becomes irrelevant.

Don’t have this kind of budget? Ok, you still have many great NOS R2R dacs out there that are affordable. With care, learning, and effort choose the right associated components and one can achieve beautiful, natural tone and texture with digital.
jayjay75
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I understand where you are coming from I remember when CDs first came out. I didn't like them.  I much preferred cassettes.  I honestly still do now CDs sound so much more clear and no static but it's just not as good.  Everytime I put in a cassette or listen to an album of old they just sound right.  Digital sound clear and high quality it just doesn't sound right lol.  I can't pinpoint anything as being wrong its just missing something.  I don't see the point in today's digital HiFi as you have to spend so much just to get to where a record was.  That doesn't mean I don't listen to it because I mostly listen to streaming on my phone lol it's just to easy and fast lmao.  Anyways I do get where you are coming from. 
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milpai
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Digital will sound correct when you remove that bias out of your mind. 
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jjss49
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op is a troll baiting here i think

if not, i would say well implemented digital streaming today can sound very close to good analog, but like anything else, there is a learning curve leading to smart choices to be made
kennyc
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+1  jjss49

It's common knowledge that as you move up the audio food chain, digital audio sounds better.  Trying to make a statement about all digital audio systems based only on a single sample of a relatively (by high-end audiophile standards) low price/performance component is meaningless.

The OP too general a term "natural" is not an absolute, but a subjective judgement.  For instance, as one moves up the digital audio food chain, there will come a point where some will say it sounds "natural" while others would disagree.  Also, how would I know if we injected some "tube magic" into the digital audio chain whether it would satisfy the OP "natural" requirement?
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