Interesting that problems Harley isolated in this case (pits and lands; turntable) were physical/mechanical, utimately "analog", in that sense. I'm glad someone has stayed after it, but not sure how to put this revelation to work to get better Music in my home. Meanwhile, recordists all up and down the audio chain are using a plethora of digital methods to process the sound, including mixing and shaping it to taste, at every stage, up to and including playback. It would be nice if there was some sort of digital umami that could rescue dead or freakish digital renderings for home playback. I've not heard it yet, myself, nor have I heard anything that unequivocally points to more expensive digital playback equipment fairing consistently better than my own, modestly priced transport and DAC. Not to say this is Great, just not worse than else I've heard. I hope to be paying attention if streaming digital I can use at home ever becomes available, including - of course - a signficant Music library that I have access to at home.
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