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When is digital going to get the soul of music?

I have to ask this(actually, I thought I mentioned this in another thread.). It's been at least 25 years of digital. The equivalent in vinyl is 1975. I am currently listening to a pre-1975 album. It conveys the soul of music. Although digital may be more detailed, and even gives more detail than analog does(in a way), when will it convey the soul of music. This has escaped digital, as far as I can tell.
mmakshak
robm321
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My pops and clicks even sound good on my setup.

This is a tough question and one that probably is too vague "soul of music" I mean beauty is in the eye of the beholder. No digital has sounded as transparent as vinyl to me, but others mayb prefer digital.
mmakshak OP
583 posts
 
I just want to correct the statement that rumble is in the same spectra(is that a word?) as ticks and pops. I believe ticks and pops are way up in the khz, but also that's where extra-musical stuff is.
pardales
652 posts
 
Does music have a soul?
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quadophile
417 posts
 
I once read a post on another thread where the listener (an audiophile) was moved to tears listening to his ordinary radio in the kitchen when one of his favourite classical piece was being played.

I wonder if it was the soul in the radio or it was the listeners soul which was moved by that piece in the given circumstances he was in.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
I once cried in my kitchen at the sight of a lovely Dover Sole, which had been cooked with the aid of a digital timer.
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