Well, I also have very quiet LPs...and the music is not playing loud, in other words, very quiet LP surface. On the other hand, my needle is a Van-Den-Hull type. The needle touches more area than conventional, making this to track more music than noisy. But I admit that the LPs are noisy. But this noise is not part of the music itself, and you can filter it easy with your brain. The problem with the digital is that you can not filter it, the problem comes with the signal... I am talking regarding the decay, the air that should be between the instruments. Yes the distortion too. But again, you can mentally suppress it in the analogue gear, because it is not part of the music. Getting back to this DAC M, I am very impressed with it. I do like how digital is sounding. At last, digital is getting there, to the right way to sing along. I know that out there are better DACs, and that the DSD is the way to go. But for the first time, I admit that digital sound is a good revival to analogue. And I am getting the right presentation of the stage, with tons of air and the right decay with this not so expensive device. Not only that, as Bernard said, he listened to a cassette!... well here I did listen to a computer via USB. MP3 shi# and my ears popped out when I listened the first song. MP3? I did ask. Yup, my friend said. It was music mellow east listening type, and my brain said to me: Wow!... if this is MP3 shi#, how it would perform with a better quality digital signal... and you know the answer. Happy listening!
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