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How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog?

I have heard some very high end digital front ends and although  they do sound very good, I never get the satisfaction that I do when i listen to analog regardless if its a"coloration" or whatever. I will listen to high end digital, and then I soon get bored, as if it just does not have the magic That I experience with a well set up analog system. So how much do I need to spend to say, " get a sound that at least equals or betters a 3K Turntable?

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rluciano
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I think digital has made it to the point where it is very competitive. I also would not spend mega-bucks on digital as it is still improving and evolving. 

I have a VPI TNT-HRX with a Lyra Scala cartridge and Audio-Research PH-6 phono stage. I recently purchased a Roon Nucleus, Holo Audio Spring 2 DAC Kitsune tuned with the Kitsune Tuned Edition SU-1 DDR  USB digital to digital converter. 

If I have a MoFi UHQR and a hi-res download, the UHQR still wins. But standard vinyl pressings against hi-res downloads are often too close to call. 

This is roughly $5,000 digital front end versus almost $20,000 vinyl front-end. I still love vinyl, I still use vinyl. But to my mind vinyl is no longer cost effective. I am unlikely to buy more vinyl.
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