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

@audphile1 i just wanted to say thanks for pointing out the Craft Original /kevin Gray version.  TIDAL (and  Qobuz, I think ) has this https://i.imgur.com/x8NgC8t.png (CD) With Kevin gray credited as the Mastering Engineer. the cymbals on My Foolish Heart are indeed spectacular and more shimmering  on that version than even the higher resolution (192 kHz) one: https://i.imgur.com/MSc6DYB.png, which also lists Kevin Gray as Mastering Engineer.  (Now maybe Roon is not being accurate on these credits; no way for me to tell.)

And then there is an 11 track one remastered in 2010: https://i.imgur.com/S69m7BU.png  where the cymbals sound better balanced than one the other 2 versions.  

 Not having an analog option, i gotta say they all sound very good on my both my digital set ups, but i think i prefer the 2010 remaster.

@charles007100 

If I plug the Meitner directly into my amp, there will be no way to run my analogue gear. So, even if the Meitner sounds better without the preamp, I'm not going to be able to un it that way.

@kirkwallace 

The cymbals and their decay are astounding on "My Foolish Heart." I found the best digital version on Qobuz that I could. Now, maybe I'm imagining things, but to me the digital version sounded taken apart and reassembled. I actually heard slight breaks in the cymbals, or if not breaks, places where the sound did not fit exactly right together. I will listen again, because I hadn't broken in the Meitner, and that might have been the problem.

@audio-b-dog I’ll be interested in your experiences, but i do think listening to all 3 of the versions i linked to will be worthwhile. I don’t think the higher resolution one is the best.

@kirkwallace 

I have listened to the streamed versions of "My Foolish Heart" and the record. I don't think the digital version is close. There is a naturalness and a sense of air from the album that I'm not sure if digital can capture, at least not today. Also, when people clap on the record, you can actually hear the flesh of their hands. Obviously, I'd have to listen to something like the dCS $250,000 stack or something better the Meitner to know for sure, but I think that song offers inner complexity that is beyond digital today. Not bad news. We have something to look forward to!

As for the version you cited, how am I supposed to listen to that on my stereo? My laptop won't be a fair comparison.

@audio-b-dog 

I still remember when it went through the Preamp compared to now…that’s the whole point you don’t need your vinyl rig….