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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
mmakshak OP
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Sorry about the doubling of the same post. The point that Aplhifi was saying about the digital recording mechanism not being that much of a problem, might have been proven by that DVD-A disc that he recorded.
mmakshak OP
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But, what about the soul of the music? Tvad, you have to admit that it is a catchy title? I think I evaluate reproduced music now by how it affects me after I've listened. Things like changing my mood, relaxing me, getting the serotonin going. Guidocorona, I told Aplhifi that it made me tense at first, but later that went away. It had definitely affected me positively after the listening session was done. I only heard one song comparing Oritek X-2's and Aplhifi's interconnects. I know you've heard this before, but I need more time to compare.
tvad
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I only heard one song comparing Oritek X-2's and Aplhifi's interconnects. I know you've heard this before, but I need more time to compare.
That's understandable and reasonable, and somehow the fact you had only one song for a demo doesn't surprise me.

Thanks for providing some feedback on your session with Aplhifi.
mmakshak OP
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I have to mention one more thing about listening at Aplhifi. The high I get from listening to reproduced music was more pronounced and longer lasting than I get from my system. I thought maybe it was due to tubes, as Gunbei suggests. Aplhifi has a tube output, I believe, on his player and his amp has a tube input. I took a look at Aplhifi's web-site, and there might be more to it. Maybe Aplhifi can say something on this?
aplhifi
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Mmakshak, thank you for coming over! I have to say that your (Ori's) cables were among the best Copper cables I've heard, very nice.

The Nat King Cole was Steve Hoffman's amazing work (DCC) made from the original Analog Master Tape. It was not Reference Recordings although these are really great as well.

I would also agree with you that Analog recordings have "more soul" than all Digital ones, but again, this comes to implementation because everything starts with Analog anyway. :)

Keep in touch! May be you can come back here again, this time with Ori.

Regards,
Alex
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