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RE: Digital music

"Can someone explain to me or direct me to a page or post that would describe a great digital system?"

That would be very difficult to do.... Great digital to me sounds like vinyl without the surface noise.... The problem is so few digital sources achieve that, to my ears.... And the ones that do, it's almost always a CD player or transport/DAC. (But I've never heard a CD source that to me didn't lose some top-end resolution relative to a good vinyl source.)

Or in other words, if it "sounds digital" (or if produces a "feeling of discomfort" which is absent with analog playback), it's probably not "great digital"..... You should be able to focus on the music and "forget that it's digital"...... (Most high-resolution digital sources make me marvel at the sound, but I can't focus on the music/performance. I then have to shut it down after 10 to 15 minutes.)

"Can it be done via an iPod?"

In my experiences, I'd be inclined to say "no". I've never heard a portable system that I thought was comparable to a good CD based source. (Most portable sources to me don't do "microdynamics" well.) But that doesn't mean they don't exist, I just haven't found one.

Same goes for PC audio for that matter. Whenever I hear a really good CD based source, I hear comments like "You can't get sound like this from a computer"......

"I assume streaming is still not of high quality? I am clueless, I apologize in advance."

No need to apologize.... Streaming is all over the map.... I don't ever use it for absolute sonics, just enjoying music (YouTube) off the computer.

"I would like to find out what equipment I need to listen to digital music so that it can 'wow' me. Thank you."

The "wow" factor is so hard to attain... This is a big reason why high-quality audio has become a relic of the past from the mainstream perspective. I think the main problem is it has become excruciatingly difficult to produce and obtain decent recordings. I think there has been so much "gimmickry" in recording and sound reproduction over the past 20 years, there have been too many moving targets in regard to choices in recording practices and choices in playback. And too many "format conversions" as well. I would only use classical, acoustic jazz, and old-school rock in choosing evaluation recordings. Avoid any English-language mainstream pop produced after 1995. I would also avoid most remastered releases put out after the year 2005. I believe the studio equipment to produce recordings has gotten worse over the past 25 years.

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