The first company to make and release commercial LP's from PCM digital sources was Denon (starting around 1972). These were classical recordings. I first listened to the in '76-'77 on high-quality playback gear ( Denon's TOTL TT, Denon DL103 mc into a custom clone Levinson JC-1 headamp, GAS Thaedra and Ampzilla with Snell Type A's. NONE of these LP's sounded good! Treble sound was hard and irritating! I can only attribute this to the digital source, as analog classical recordings (CBS, RCA, London, Philips, DG ...) sounded far better using this playback gear! So Denon's early attempts at PCM recording - not so good!
Here's a fire starter: Analog is as good as SACD
If in my setup (see below) a SACD version and a good LP version of an album sound almost the same; ke sense to upgrade my phonostage or invest in speaker cables, etc.
Primare I32
Zu Wylde IC
Emotiva XPS-1
Hana EL/Denon DL-301 II/Shure V15. Hanna is my fav.
Oracle Alexandria/Sumiko MMT with Cards wiring
Oppo BDP 95
Belden XLRs
Canton Ergo 1002DC speakers
DIY speaker cables 10' Bi-wire 12 AWG 99.95 OFC, 50% silver plated/50% unplated multi-strand.
Primare I32
Zu Wylde IC
Emotiva XPS-1
Hana EL/Denon DL-301 II/Shure V15. Hanna is my fav.
Oracle Alexandria/Sumiko MMT with Cards wiring
Oppo BDP 95
Belden XLRs
Canton Ergo 1002DC speakers
DIY speaker cables 10' Bi-wire 12 AWG 99.95 OFC, 50% silver plated/50% unplated multi-strand.