Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

[morricab]

Hell of a lot less of a danger to Life or Limb doing … Ahhhemmm 60mph down the A1 whilst attempting to extricate a chewed and partially digested Led Zeppelin ATLANTIC R440031

Yeah but....but...but...digital in an old Jag...

 

[Argonaut]

Yeah but....but...but...digital in an old Jag...

Originally had a Blaupunkt 8 track with integrated amp before the cassette Brad

 

[morricab]

Originally had a Blaupunkt 8 track with integrated amp before the cassette Brad

That's more like it!

 

[hopkins]

One more post - here's an example of a track from that Mosaic box set I was referring to earlier:

https://storage.googleapis.com/cloudplayer/samples/01%20Dialogue.flac

You can download it to play it and compare it to whatever version you want/have and let me know whever it sounds "flat and unemotional". If it does, you may want to revisit your "digital system"..

It is from this album:

https://www.discogs.com/master/92901-Bobby-Hutcherson-Dialogue

Here is a previous CD version on Qobuz (there are obviously many others):

Open Qobuz

open.qobuz.com

For anyone curious to know, these are the people behind the production of this Bobby Hutcherson set (whose sound quality impressed me):

TEAM

Led by grammy award winning producer/engineer Andreas Meyer, our team is ready to support your current production needs.

www.swanstudios.nyc

They have worked on a number of recent Mosaic box set, and they all sound really good. They have also produced recently anthologies of Paul Robeson ("Voice of Freedom") and Marian Anderson ("Beyond the Music - Complete recorded legacy for RCA Victor"). These are all "CD only".

In addition to restoration/re-issues, they have produced new recordings. This one, which I have listened to, sounds very good (you can listen on Qobuz, for example):

Ethan Iverson - Every Note Is True - Blue Note Records

If the digital album is purchased, you will receive the full album via email upon purchase. Standard digital downloads are delivered as MP3 44.1khz/24-bit audio files. Please note, digital downloads are only available in the U.S. The purchase of physical music does not include a digital...

store.bluenote.com

It's a "digital only" release.