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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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metralla
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IMO, the best CD transport were made in the early to mid nineties, they were overbuilt, pioneer stable platter. etc.
You are overlooking the Teac Esoteric VRDS transport. The manufacturing on this unit is way ahead of what Pioneer were doing with the Stable Platter.

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metralla
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You can compare the Redbook layer and the SACD layer on some hybrids where both layers were taken from the same source and done with the greatest possible care. I am thinking of Steve Hoffman's Creedence hybrids - the mastering engineer has gone on record as saying the source is identical. Can you hear the difference in your system?

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metralla
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11-03-13: Jwm writes:
I'm not talking about comparing to the redbook layer in the same disc. I'm talking about comparing SACD to its RED book counterpart.
The problem with that is to ensure the mastering is the same. That's why I gave you the Hoffman Creedence example.
The redbook layer on the SACD is never as good as the SACD of it.
Ummm, OK. I think I would have no argument that.
I have always found the redbook cd by itself is always better than the redbook of a hybrid cd.
I don't see why this should be so. Can you be certain they have the same mastering? Could you tell me a specific example so I can make the comparison myself.

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