Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?
I have a good analogue front end. Not stratuspherically good but good enough for this comparison. VPI Prime Signature 21 turntable, Pass Labs XP-25 pono preamp, Pass Labs XP-30 preamp and Hovland Radia amp. It has a lovely, very involving sound. On the right recording, I just drop everythng and am drawn in to listen.
My streamer, on the other hand, is decent but not spectacular. It is better than my CD player, but it is not jaw-dropping like my analogue front-end. My question is this: does anyone have a high-end, tier-one streamer (dCS Bartok Apex, Lumin X2, or something like them) that can rival a good analogue system?
@audphile1 @patrickalston @maprik At this point, I am not looking for digital to sound like analogue. I would simply want it to be as "involving." In my long life as an audiophile I have had rigs that we would now laugh at (under $1000) that involved me totally. I know there are a lot of variables in that statement, but involvment does not take a lot of money. A big part is a juicy brain which we all had when we were younger. One of the descriptions I liked about the Meitner MA3 was that it put "meat on the bones." That just might do it for me. I'll see. I am always hopeful. |
@audio-b-dog when does the MA3 arrive? |
