What amazes me is the fact that after years of development of digital sources, players, DACs, the nirvana seems to be the sound from an old fashioned turntable and a tube amplifier. Almost everything I read in the forums discussing digital audio is actually related to how close to analog the sound is. I am saying this but have also to say that I have a full digital system that I am very satisfied with (mind you, I am not a true audiophile with prepared rooms and similar refinements, but only like to listen to good music of various styles with a good and reasonably accurate sound). These discussions, though fascinate me. One day I will have to audition a very high end system to try to understand what people are talking about.
The quest
I have a question that may or not be easy to answer: are all efforts to improve digital music just a quest to achieve the quality of sound of the good and old LP? I keep reading expressions like "an almost analog quality" and similar things. Is digital sound just a more convenient means to store and play music that one day may reach the sound qualities of LPs, or we can reasonably expect one day to hear a really more natural ("better") sound from digital sources?