When is digital going to get the soul of music?

It turns out that Aplhifi lives less than one mile from me, and I will be bringing over the Oritek X-1's and X-2's for an audition on Saturday.

I'm a little late in joining this discussion but I think what Onhwy61 said about distortion is absolutely correct. Call it what it is. Tube equipment adds it and I suspect a piece of equipment could be designed that would emulate tape saturation and/or vinyl compression even more accurately. Perhaps a business opportunity exists here. This would not compensate for bad recording technique or bad pressings but in the case of a good CD recording, would provide what vinyl lovers would call "magic".

I can remember the digitally recorded vinyl records from the late 70's, early 80's. They seemed unbelievably good. I also have a compilation CD of Asian music where I swear that one of the tracks came from vinyl. It has the sound of vinyl complete with the ticks and the sense of space and immersion is undeniable. I will agree that vinyl does offer a very pleasant listening experience but I would dispute the assertion that digital is an inferior medium.

Jlambrick. Digital is clearly inferior at this point.

Anyone who doesn't see that has never actually had a well set up TT, or is burrying their head in the sand.

But of course it's all subjective for those that want it to be.

"Now THAT could be interesting for you both!"

Almost "you three"...
I was supposed to be in Fremont area tomorrow but things didn't work out. I'll be interested in hearing any commencts, of course.

And yes, "serus" moniker is Ori from Oritek, before there was Oritek... It stands for SE-R-US... But then I went wild and partially converted towards the push-pull design, although my main amp is a minimalist 3 watts SE, still... I can hear Alex laughing... :-)