When is digital going to get the soul of music?

EVS/ Ric Schultz does a blu- ray modification to the OPPO 95 that's downright addictive and frankly unbelievable until heard. So musical and sweet, extended yet articulate. The digital sound has come a long way, a really long way. I have a beautiful analog set up about 5K and Ric's modified Oppo 95 challenges my TT in many ways and it's definitely got soul and then some. It's magical to my ears. I do of course have the ancillary equipment perfectly matched, amp 25 watt class A pentode into 97 db speakers with dual 12" servo drivers per side and hand built cross over's on top. All for under 10K less cables and ac conditioning. I'll put it up against 50K system anyday and bet I get a least half buying and saving.
the speakers are a kit but awesome, I put it together professionally, the amp is hand built in the US like the speakers all point to point wiring with a nice kicker LIFE TIME Guaranteed on the AMP parts and labor less tubes after 90 days. Speakers are not small but not huge and the subwoofers are state of the art an included in the 5K. I have two other speakers Sonus Auditors w/ rel sub and Revel speakers with Revel sub and my above mentioned systems is decimating the latter two speaker that both cost 8K plus respectively just for the speakers. That mark up is lost value the way I see it and it's taken forever for me to learn this shit. The cables are important regardless of what anyone says. The designers of these components also make cables but I'd try all of them as they are completely affordable and claims are made that they match cost no object but I'm not sure about that. I use very high end cables in all my systems and now I'm hearing some amazing sound. My kids are rocking out most of the time, so I know its really good.

When I had my Oppo modified only after 3 trips maybe 4 trips back to EVS was the upgrade done closer to my spec's but each time I had to cover the shipping and non of the error were my mine. I felt this was unfair to say the least. The player is still working and still supplying a sound like a pig getting killed by a knife thru the back of the neck or something. When turning off the OPPO unless the amplifier is off a very loud startling squeal sounds off thru the right speaker, I complained about this totally uncommon issue but was assured "everyone knows they are supposed to turn off their amplifiers before turning off the blu ray player, right, does everyone know that, I didn't think so. After being quoted an exact dollar amount for the work I requested after each and every time the layer was either sent back or personally delivered Ric asked for more money as though the original agreement was simply a piece of paper to light a joint on because it wasn't worth the paper it was written on. After paying for enough gas to drive to LA and back I decided enough was enough with the extremely shady operator who couldn't get the unit right the first time, the second time it sounded broken, the third time was a nightmare from hell and to this day I'm not sure what if any of the things I paid for were bought and installed. I was forewarned by a couple of people to NEVER do business with this complete idiot but having know this guy for many years I didn't think things could get any stranger but I was so wrong. Now I'm stuck with a piece of junk I've got over $2400 dollars in, so do yourself a favor and pass Ric by and have a person who knows how to treat other people do your upgrade, who needes all those hassles and for what, a bunch of pieces he makes by hand for next to nothing and he'll install a multitude of incorrect parts just so you'll have to send the darn thing back to you so he can figure a way to milk you like a cow if given the chance. Don't go there, you've benn forewarnd by a stupid buyer of his ridiculosly inexpensive upgrade that can or will take up to six months if he can get away with it. Totally unreommended.