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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
audioengr
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Vinyl can be excellent, but it has its limitations, including dynamic range and frequency response. These are not limiters for digital. Digital of course has its issues, including jitter, format, sample-rate, digital filtering and I/V conversion. The fortunate thing is that these digital issues can be continuously improved, whereas we have hit the wall on the vinyl limitations. Vinyl is going nowhere and digital continues to improve.

There area few digital systems that now challenge vinyl and even reel-to-reel tape. There will be more in the future. This is only the beginning of better things to come.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
detlof
1,899 posts
 
"This is only the beginning of better things to come."
Steve,
Last not least thanks to your work, I think you're definitely right on that one.

On the other hand I cannot quite agree with what you say about vinyl. New hardware, from AR to Lamm, just to mention some, show us, that there is more in those grooves than what we thought possible.
audioezra
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czarivey
5,721 posts
 
15ips R2R is impossible to challenge even with vinyl.
audioengr
3,282 posts
 
You will hear tape hiss or the effects of Dolby equalization even in a R2R. Not in digital.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
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