Jeff,
Everyone has given you good advice. The Rocky Mountain Show is not far off. If it is convenient for you to attend, I urge you to do so. You will be treated to many analog sources in a couple of days. Finding another A-Goner with a very good analog source willing to share time, music, and knowledge is the next best idea. You might take your Meridian with you and A/B the analog to the digital if you have the same recordings in both formats. Some members have mentioned hi/rez downloading. I am not so confident that this will be better than comparable existing software digital formats. In short, the analog and digital formats are recreations of the original live performance. Go to a concert and assess which format most closely creates the illusion of the real thing and go from there.
Everyone has given you good advice. The Rocky Mountain Show is not far off. If it is convenient for you to attend, I urge you to do so. You will be treated to many analog sources in a couple of days. Finding another A-Goner with a very good analog source willing to share time, music, and knowledge is the next best idea. You might take your Meridian with you and A/B the analog to the digital if you have the same recordings in both formats. Some members have mentioned hi/rez downloading. I am not so confident that this will be better than comparable existing software digital formats. In short, the analog and digital formats are recreations of the original live performance. Go to a concert and assess which format most closely creates the illusion of the real thing and go from there.