When is digital going to get the soul of music?

1-16-10: a date which will live in infamy.......

Tbg,I emailed Ori about your not being able to find his webpage. Mapman,I would like to have more time to listen to his battery-powered Pre/Dac in my system, but for me, you're right about a date that will live in infamy. Some questions still arise in my mind. I would think that somehow the low resolution of standard cd could be heard, but I don't think it will be disturbing. If microphoning would be less ping-pongey with digital, I think that would help with the illusion of music(I'm thinking about one of the Dire Straits cd's.) I think I might prefer listening to mostly digital, but Ori showed that analog is a teeny bit more relaxing, but digital is not tense now(I feel it in my throat.). Analog seemed to fill the spaces between sounds a little unnaturally(cloudy?). Tgb, consider yourself lucky, as I've never heard digital that was music until now.

I don't know with absolute certainty; however, I believe redbook often gets an unwarranted bad rap - I've listened to some cd's that sounded great because what occurred upstream, i.e. recording and mastering, was great.

Redbook CDs can range from spectacular to unlistenable with some too boring.

Hi Muralman1,

Agreed :-) Precisely what you stated can be the result irrespective of medium.

Best,
Sam