When is digital going to get the soul of music?

I don't think that I can take seriously anyone that doesn't have an analog system. What we need here is people that have both(analog and digital). An analog system consists of a belt-driven turntable(Rega, Music Hall, Project, etc.). In addition, it has records produced from 1981 or earlier, or the super-expensive recent releases. If you want details on this, e-mail me. I wouldn't discount a cd system. For one, bass is better to dial-in speaker placement. Just don't ask me to take seriously people who lack a turntable. I say this due to the relaxation quotient of analog. It is positively there with the recordings that I mention(I believe Joseph Valin tried to describe this in other terms-I will simplify it for you.). What we need here is realistic people. Cut the B.S. I have both cd and analog. Try me!

Sure Mak, I understand your requirements. And as I do no longer own an analog rig, nor will I own one in the future, all I can say is: no problem, No need to try to take me seriously. And quoting that pearl of modern epistemology, Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, I shall bid thee farewell, and thussly leaving say to thee: "So long, and thanks for all the fish!"

Approachable electronica...

Most anything by Bjork.
Soaring highs and solid bass, electronica gloriota.

The latter works of Everything But The Girl. You'll be surprised.

Most anything by Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation and Chemical Brothers.

>>I don't think that I can take seriously anyone that doesn't have an analog system<<

Wow! That's an awful bold statement. I have a number of friends and customers with all digital, absolutely killer systems, who know high end audio quite well.

I can't agree with you. Sorry.

I think the problem is that analog provides the baseline(1981 or earlier recordings, unless you want to spend $30 per album). Let me put it this way, both (or maybe three) of my designers have bought or brought back their analog systems. Guidocorona, you need a benchmark, and this is it. Let me say what happened tonight. I played the Beatles "White Album", comparing digital to analog, without an SPL meter. Originally, the analog was much more relaxing, but lacked detail compared to cd(Boy, they are very comparable!). My friend made me play the analog, instead of comparing both, but when I lowered the volume on the digital, I couldn't make up my mind. I repeat, the APL Hi-Fi Denon 3910 cd player is for analog lovers. Alex says that it was compared to analog. For those that don't know Alex, he is straight-up! He tells me 200 hours. This was from the get-go. Still, you need a reference(My reference cost $10,000 in 1992.). I need input from people who have both. I'm sorry, Guidocorona. Cd's vary too much. I've gotten much information on this site about cd's, but let's join reality. There is much more variation on cd than on analog(My recommendation on 1981 or earlier albums is pretty valid.).