Holographic imaging

Norm,
(:Please forgive me, I could not resist the temptation. (:
Chris,
Not necessarily, I've found. But if you mean by palpability something closer to what could be called "natural", then yes, I would agree.

Chris asked:

"Do you think that with vinyl there is a higher palpability factor and also better rendering of depth (and therefore better "holographic" imaging)?"

Not in my experience when using very good digital equipment; however, at the lower end of the price scale, say under #1000 per component, then analog tends to trump digital in almost every respect.

Dave

>>Detlof, now I need health kits<<

Totally agree and quite evident based on your posting history.

"Not in my experience when using very good digital equipment; however, at the lower end of the price scale, say under #1000 per component, then analog tends to trump digital in almost every respect."

I've found recently adding a <$1000 tube DAC (mhdt Paradisea in my case)can help provide more of the common benefits mentioned that many associate with a more analog sound with digital source media.

I'm finding this to be true regardless of whether the source is a Wifi networked PC music server or a $600 CD player/recorder in my case.

How the DAC does its thing to produce the intended sound seems to be of more importance than the digital nature of the source.

Mapman said:

"How the DAC does its thing to produce the intended sound seems to be of more importance than the digital nature of the source."

I totally agree with this, but didn't think that it could be done for under $1000.

Running my $180 Oppo through my Playback Design MPS-5's DAC makes the Oppo sound better than an Emm, IMHO. Transports and sources are important, but the DAC is more important, IME.

Dave