Problem with detailed focus digital:
I did the CDP climb about 15 years ago, each step up more details were revealed in recording. At the time I thought I was moving into better but what I learned and became aware of later was the number of CDs in my collection that were enjoyable was reduced and the types of music I enjoyed got more narrow. There is a reason artists and music like Diana Krall became so popular over this time period. Loved Led Zep as a kid, thought maybe I grew out of them when I listened to them on CD, spinning them on vinyl was a point of awareness of what improving digital did to the recordings. I learned at demos to bring my worst sounding CD that I enjoyed to not just the nice sounding CDs.
I moved deeper into vinyl, sold off my expensive CDP and invested in a better TT setup. As I upgraded all vinyl recording improved each step.
Settled on the Rega DAC R for digital and was impressed how well it framed every kind of music and I was back to buying CDs again. Now I'm itching to improve my digital hoping there is a better DAC that frames the music in a way that doesn't reduce what I enjoy or narrows the type of music I listen to. Digital has changed so much, the R2R design looks interesting and in general how it's marketed seems to be in line with my focus. My concerns are how some of them measure and most come out of China which could be an issue for service or repair in the future.
