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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.
mmakshak
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rockitman
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I believe the processs of reading the data via a laser can be argued to be an analog process.
muralman1
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The trouble with the PS Perfectwave, that they did their best devising a chip that interprets the CD content into digital, 1,s and 0s. The 47 Lab transport reads the CD like it is and my AN DAC brings it to living music.
khrys
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I think the Audio Research DAC 8 might have just done it.

It's a redux of the classic tubes/SS dilemma but they've sure got an intoxicating blend of the attributes of digital and analog going in this unit for sure.
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objex
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This question is ridiculous IMO.

For years, great digital has captured as much of "the soul" of music as any turntable.

Note that I didn't say "more than" any turntable. That would also be absurd.

Both formats now offer compelling, if different, views into the music.

Bob
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charles1dad
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Objex,
Excellent observation. Currently both mediums when implemented to a high standard can sound superb. Both also have the capacity to sound less than grand. I`ve come to the conclusion one is`nt instrinsically superior to the other. I recognize that for some defending analog has taken on a religious zeal. To each their own.
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