When is digital going to get the soul of music?

It's very strange that audio is so difficult to reproduce in digital. We are able to make beautiful real like HDTV but not the perfect audio. I suspect that in the future audio DACs will become so complicated (sound processors) only designers will be able to understand principles of operation. Maybe it is time to stop asking. Computer users stopped asking questions long time ago.

The irony of HDTV is that much of the programming content is "dumbed" down or softened for HDTV. All filmed programs/movies are already "softened" simply as a result of being shot on film: film being analogous to music recorded on analog equipment.

Most original programming that's shot in high definition is processed to make it look less sharp.

Too bad digitally recorded music isn't processed to make it sound less harsh like it's video cousin.

But digital recording does not sound harsh, players do.

I wish I could delete my post. I didn't want to contribute to this circular argument.

Tvad,

Its only been going on for 2 and a half years and hundreds of posts. You'd think with all the collective brainpower thrown at it that the winner would be clear by now. The resolution (no pun intended) must be close at hand.

Then we can talk about tubes versus SS a bit also.....