Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?

Edit - just realized I answered the opposite of the question the OP posted, but I am working towards a more engaging "analog" experience.

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I will say yes, but I may be cheating a little and any purist who reads what I am doing is likely to reach for their pitch fork.

My listening room is nearly a square which is very far from ideal.  So room treatment and correction are a real need. I do have around 2000 records which I continue to enjoy, but analog is limited in what you can do to address room constraints with digital always sounding better in my room thanks to digital’s enhanced tool box.

To solve for that, I feed my SMA Reference TT (with a denon dl-103) into a goldnote phono stage.  From there I use the XLR out to a raspberry PI based ADC which converts it to a 192kHz digital signal.

Roon sees that signal as a radio station (using a Roon extension which is quite nifty for convenience). 

Then I use HQ Player (which is another rabbit hole for OCD audiophiles who like to fiddle with settings) to do some massive upsampling before sending the signal to my Danville DSP nexus which I used to make my speakers active, add a little more room correction (focused on fixing bass drop outs from room modes), and DAC.

Then the DSP Nexus sends the analog signal through some very modest Topping PA5+ amps into my GR-Research NX Tremes and triple threat open baffle subs.

The results are quite impressive, and as a side effect, I am able to share a link with my friends to listen in on a high quality stream when I am playing vinyl.

I also have a more analog signal chain using the RCA out from the phono stage which goes straight to the analog in on the DSP Nexus.  Since I converted to active speakers, I can never totally remove digital processing from the signal chain, but the improvement over traditional speaker crossovers, which are so dependent on the quality of materials used, is undeniable.

Anyway, it is incredibly engaging, and some pressings I find superior and more engaging than the streamed digital versions.  I am hoping that list expands with a cartridge upgrade.

I may change my mind when I move my listening room to a more sonicaly friendly addition I am building.  But this solution has served me well.

One other side effect is that all the processing of the signal adds a bit of delay, so when I lift the needle off the record, the music still plays for around 10 seconds which is a really wierd thing that took time to get used to. 😅 

@dcmnto 

I don't think I'm an audio purist. It often takes me a long time to tune my ear to varioius audio sounds. I am very much right brained in this endeavor. I do not evaluate specific audio traits, but they do move me in one direction or another without my specifically identifying them. After my right brain tells me I don't like something, then my left brain focuses in on the problem.

I truly have absolutely no idea what my 25X20 room, with windows across two walls and an open space on one wall, does to my audio signal. When playing a record, I room correct with the left/right buttons on my preamp. So, I am not nearly as sophisticated as you. Although I like my analogue signal straight (neat), from your description, I would certainly like to hear what you've accomplished.

@audio-b-dog 

My room is about 20x20 with barely 8ft tall cieling.  Room treatments have made a big difference and room correction is incredible in what it can do to bring clarity. Since I have an open baffle system, I use a lot of difusion as opposed to absorption.

The ability to stream my vinyl is an unexpected side effect, and it sends an "unaltered" (no room correction or modification) signal out to the interwebs which means you are only hearing the TT/phonstage chain.

I still have some purist in me, and some upgraded traditional crossovers on a second generation pair of B&W 801s, matched up with a very analog Swiss Rowen pre amp and my still prized Macintosh 7270, that may find themselves set up somewhere down the line.

I live in the middle of Wahington state, and am always happy to demo the system to fellow humans afflicted with audiophilism. So if you find your self out touring wineries in the desert part of the evergreen state, it would be a great afternoon diversion and an opportunity for philosophical discourse on pros and cons of the hybrid approach to analog medium playback (I say it that way because I also have an old school reel to reel).

@dcmnto 

Thank you for the invitation to hear your system. It sounds so interesting.

I always trade-in or sell off extra equipment because my wife thinks this is a fetish rather than a hobby. We have been together for over forty years and for the first twenty perhaps she thought it was a hobby. Now I hear things that others don't (I see dead people) and pretty much everyone thinks I'm a bit off.

I am trading in my Moon 280D streamer for a Meitner MA3. I sometimes use my old McCormack UDP-1 as a transport to the streamer. Pass Labs XP-30 preamp, Pass Labs XP-25 phono preamp, Hovland Radia amp about 25 years old, and Sonus Faber Olympica Nova V speakers.

The system is very transparent tending a tad toward the warm side. I'm not a fan of dry (also called more accurate) systems. I inherited the Hovland Radia from a friend who passed away. He had Wilson Sasha speakers and I found them too dry. Accurate, yes, but I didn't warm up to them. 

Basically, the system is for me. When we have block parties I have invited in neighbors and played them unusual jazz like Pharoah Sanders and Flora Purim, all fairly dissonant, which I love. 

Here's to a glass of local wine if I ever get up your way. If you come down to L.A. you have a similar invitation.

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