My ear says that in so many cases records sound better still. Is digital now involving? Yes, I admit to that. Is it better than vinyl sometimes. Yes. But is the best vinyl experience better than the best digital experience. Yes. And I wouldn't want to part with all these albums that I curated over the years. Brazilian albums I had to look all over the city for. Albums I had when I was a teenager. No. I'll keep the albums. I'll keep the anaolgue rig. I'll play both.
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?
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@kirkwallace I’n looking at a high resolution version on Tidal and it does not list KG as a mastering engineer. I will check the the credits on a standard redbook version. But thanks for pointing that out. I’ll give it a listen as well. |
@audphile1 i see what you mean; it looks like either Roon is hallucinating or it just has more info than TIDAL is showing (or I don’t know how to find it on TIDAL).
@audio-b-dog Qobuz & TIDAL have 5 streaming versions of the album; i linked to them via ROON; you can search whichever service you use directly. It is the 2010 remaster that i was saying I thought sounded a bit better on that first track. |
*can’t figure out how to get a link for a screenshot from what i see on Roon.- 477 posts total