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When is digital going to get the soul of music?

I have to ask this(actually, I thought I mentioned this in another thread.). It's been at least 25 years of digital. The equivalent in vinyl is 1975. I am currently listening to a pre-1975 album. It conveys the soul of music. Although digital may be more detailed, and even gives more detail than analog does(in a way), when will it convey the soul of music. This has escaped digital, as far as I can tell.
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dazzdax
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Kijanki, I've heard many times audiophiles/phonophiles proclaiming that LP has superior dynamics compared to CD. What is the absolute dynamic range of CD? 90dB? LP's have dynamic range of about 50dB (or less). But I think what those audiophiles who claim that LP has better dynamics than CD really mean is that LP has subjectively better dynamic contrasts than CD, especially in the critical midrange. Probably it has to do with the rise time of cartridges, which is "faster" than that of CD. Of course this is just speculation from a non-techie. What do you think?

Chris
dazzdax
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I think what is being called "soul" (or musicality) has much to do in fact with PRaT. With vinyl/analog you have a proper sense of "timing". A kind of "timing" that allows you to relax between the notes. It sounds strange but this is what (above all else) gives reproduced sound "musicality". It is not the ability to reveal micro information burried in the music or to deliver abundant macro dynamics. It is the way of reproducing sound without any stress and with the right "flow".
With some digital gear you have the feeling of "uneasyness" that can be very tiring. I think many of you have experienced the feeling of relaxation that immediately appears after you've switched source from CD --> vinyl during a listening sesseion.

Chris
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