I don't see it happening anytime soon. Digital means better, don't you
know.


I've been trying to stay out of this argument. My technical knowledge is
admittedly limited, and I feared I would be chewed up and spit out by the "big
boys" around. But the digital vs. analog debate has been around for sometime,
and I think any reasonable person with a reasonable amount of knowledge would
conclude that while both have advantages, digital maintains more of them than
does analog. The inherent "warmth" of analog recordings is desired by some so
called "audiophiles" as is the sense of "depth" or "studio feel" analog
provides. However, many people would rather avoid the warmth of analog and
trade off the "depth" for the "cleanliness" of digital. In order to bring this
back around to the discussion of headunits, I'll also comment that when both
had their EQs defeated, and all other factors remained constant, I could not
identify either an Alpine CDA-9815 or an Eclipse CD8443 in blind testing, and
in a seperate listening, I couldn't identify any unique sound from a Nak CD45z.
In addition, I've had the chance to hear both Pioneer's P9 and Alpine's F#1
deck in action and again, with EQs defeated, not only could I not identify
differences between the two decks (in terms of SQ), I was astonished at their
high pricing.