ICEpower Digital Switching Amps?

I enjoy my friend's ICE Rowlands tremendously but I do feel there is some sonic sacrifice relative to the best tube amplification. He does use a very fine tube preamp, one of the best. Given the ease of maintenance of the ICE amps, I consider it a fair tradeoff.

Similar for cd vs LP. There is a layer of relaxation and natural presence that the best LP achieves that I've personally never heard cd even hint at. (SACD recorded via DSD, OTOH, does.) Whether this additional pleasure is worth the substantial overhead of LP is a personal call.

ARt

I just want to respond to the digital thing. First off, digital is not music. It is a description of music. Go back to the theory and prove me wrong.

Digital is not music. Grooves in a round sheet of vinyl is not music. It is a description of music. Prove me wrong.

Mmakshak, isn't that true for all musical reproduction mediums?

Digital is not music? Ah yes, of course. . . long life to the last of the Urban Legends!