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

Enjoy! Keep an open mind though that some albums will sound better on vinyl and some will sound better streaming. Once you have high quality equipment, once again, it comes down to the quality of the source. Key is to be able to enjoy both formats and the unique attributes of each. Comparing is fine but I wouldn’t make it into a habit. 

@audio-b-dog - congratulations in finding a satisfying digital solution within budget. When compared to analog, usually one must spend a bit to reach a satisfying level.  

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Thanks. I am listening to Scheherazade by Fritz Reiner. I have it on vinyl. It sounds very involving on the Meitner. Without A/Bing them I can hear the difference, but I could happily listen to it digitally. I am won over that digital can sound very good. Of course, the ladder is endless. i could begin comparing my turntable, cartridge, and phono preamp to much more expensive ones, and then my analogue sound would be different. I assume improved. We audiophiles must learn to set boundaries unless you have a lot of money. But i have a feeling that most people with a lot of money aren't sitting around listening to their stereos.

BTW, as an aside, I am reading a book about the left and right brains. Language comes from the left brain but understanding from the right. The author believes that human communication began as music. In a sense, music is our deppest understanding. I have been researching and writing about this stuff for over a decade, but I love the idea that music led to language.

The first time I heard MA3 in my system the thought that came to mind was how much its sound reminds me of analog. It’s got that sweetness that gives you all the details on the recording without smacking you upside the head with it. It’s nice and relaxed. 

I have the Analog Productions of Scheherazade with Reiner on vinyl and prefer it over the digital versions on streaming. No fault of DAC, just the source on streaming isn’t as good due to it being a different master and not as good as the vinyl. The AP version is  Remastered from the original master tape and cut at 33 1/3 RPM by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. 

You won’t get the same mastering on qobuz or tidal

As one who who grew up with vinyl, cassettes/8-tracks, CD’s, and now streaming, I do not get this whole analog v.s. digital sound stuff and this vinyl craze.  I have had various iterations of hi-fi systems for decades and decades.  All I remember is "discwashing" my albums before every play,  making sure I got no finger prints on them, and put them in a proper sleeve before the album cover.  And it still had audible aberrations.

Every upgrade, be it digital or analogue brings me to a new level of musical pleasure.  Nothing sounds better then streaming and CD’s with a proper system.  The most important variable being the engineering and mastering of the recording.  My same age audiophile buddies and I do not get this entire vinyl rage (not to minimize the importance of nostalgia).  We just shake our heads.