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

@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.

In order to get streaming to that level you have to have a good lps power supply from router, with quality power cord ,a good line conditioner to plug into 

then a good Ethernet hub $3-4 k to get very good , lhy has a $1200 hub that decent 

ether net cables at minimum $600 from router to hub ,end point most important over $1k  also filters like stack audio and then a very good dac I have the Merason dac 2 excellent and very natural sounding your at least $16-$20 k and all power cords at least $1k each line conditioner I have a AQ niagra 3000 I will be getting the 5000 counting line conditioner over $20 k , buy a $$ dac will push you. $30-$40k , $$ is your only limiting factor. Usb cable $2500 Shunyata

I am not anywhere close to that, and my radar is not even picking that up as a faint blip in the distance. 

When I upgrade my cartridge, I will likely seriously reconsider my analog signal chain and bring those B&Ws back online.  The addition I am building will help considerably with the room accoustics as I designed it with the golden ratio in mind.

This hobby never ceases to give.  😄