Quote Originally Posted by musicoverall
...why do you feel digital is a flawed medium? I'm not saying I agree or disagree but one just doesn't hear this comment much anymore. Care to expound?...
...for the tardiness of my response (trying to cold turkey the place...didn't work)

Well, much of the early catalog left a lot to be desired when it made the transistion from analog and much of it is still out there...early players likewise...Current pop gets all the care it deserves in the recording process...with nearly no dynamic range (the material is so ho-hum, so there's not much call for it) IMO it tends to sound compressed while competing for sheer "volume" (both sales and dB-wise) in the marketplace...

Now with the advent of iPod-type/PC sources and MP3 files, trade mags like Pro Audio Review lament the "pearls before swine" aspect of High-res Pros/Low-res Listeners (Vol. 10 Issue 4)...

So while some of us may seek worthy program material, the vast bulk of it seems to fall way-short...So, when given the paucity of real data re: wiring and other tweaky-ness, some of the concerns regularly voiced in these forums seem, at best, cause only for a fool's errand...

jimHJJ(...but then again, that's just me...)