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?

audio-b-dog

@audphile1 

Okay, I will set gapless. Thank you again. Is Solti's Spring a reissue or old album? I just started a thread on classical music.

@audio-b-dog It’s available on Qobuz. I heard the LP is great. I only listened on streaming so far. No phono stage…lent mine to my buddy. 
The Spring I picked up is mint used copy. I could not find it in stock anywhere. 

@audphile1 

I'll listen to it. I listened to a young jazz singer named Gabrielle Cavassa whose album Diavola was reviewed by Stereophile. I like her a lot. She was kind of discovered by Joshua Redman who plays on a cut or two. Gapless didn't work. The next track became silent. Although there are a few choices on gapless I'll experiment with when I have the energy. Not tonight.