I don’t know , almost 40 years of listening to music, live, in studios, on better than average stereos, tape, vinyl, CDs, and now file based and I haven’t got a clue what “Digital glare” is.
Of course, I can hear a difference between a vinyl set up and digitally based system at least I have been able to in the past
I didn’t like CD replay, at least nothing I can recall hearing and I’ve never owned a state of the art CD player. But, digital glare (?) it’s not even something I associate with even CD replay.
Tiring sound for me usually means bad use of compression in the recording mix; nothing to do with the medium that reproduces it, but I’ve heard this on plenty of modern vinyl so…….
In, fact I can write here with total confidence that my digital file based system doesn’t glare
Single spur balanced Mains. Self built music server with 3 seperate linear PSU, Intel i5, 16 GB RAM no hard drive (various Linux OS). Benchmark Dac2 HGC, single ended XLR interconnects/Belkin cable. Exposure 21RC Pre, Super 18 Power (recap & modified). Modded World Audio HD83 HP amp. Hand built Monitors with external crossovers , Volt 250 bass & ABR, Scanspeak 13M8621 Mid & Scanspeak D2905/9300 Hi. HD595 & Beyer 880 (600 ohm) cans.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
-Bertrand Russel
John.