Sugarbrie; good post. Poor digital recordings are a fact of life for reasons given above. My stereo system is all digital and the components/speakers are capable of high resolution, so to partially compensate for the many lousy recordings of otherwise good music, I've actually gone to the extent of "de-tuning" my system to some extent, ie I use only high quality copper speaker cables, ICs, AC outlets etc-- no silver; carefully chosen NOS tubes in pre-amp etc. Vibration contol or modification can also noticeably affect sonic character.
My bias is towards a slightly warm, rich sound-- even a bit dark and rolled off in the highs. All the above things, and others, help tame excess digital brightness, edge, hardness, glare, and other digital nasties, and well recorded digital still sounds very good.
Finally, there are some good sounding digital recordings out there too. Hang in there Warren. Cheers. Craig
My bias is towards a slightly warm, rich sound-- even a bit dark and rolled off in the highs. All the above things, and others, help tame excess digital brightness, edge, hardness, glare, and other digital nasties, and well recorded digital still sounds very good.
Finally, there are some good sounding digital recordings out there too. Hang in there Warren. Cheers. Craig