You have the same LP and Digital so that you can directly compare channel separation? Having digital is not the same as doing proper A/B to know the precise difference. And oh, I do remember heated discussions .I do have a point of reference Amir. Remember, I can play any digital format up to 24bit/192kHz. For me, crosstalk is a non-issue. I have never played a record and thought "gee, I wish the crosstalk measurements were better." I have been around this hobby for a long time and I just don't remember any heated discussions or teeth nashing over the crosstalk issue. I would like for other LP owners to chime in here and tell us if crosstalk is something that enters your mind when you are listening to music.
Let me ask you this. If I had a new cartridge that had 60db better channel separation but was identical to your current cartridge otherwise, would you pass on it? I guarantee that you would not! The difference would be audible, tangible and measurable.
The biggest difference is not fidelity in my book is the level of enjoyment I get browsing my library literally with my fingertips and selecting what I want to hear instantly. I appreciate the extra subjective fidelity that LP brings but to me, if it is "all about the music", then convenience better have value.Out of all the measurements that people who love measurements use to discredit analog over their precious digital, there is only one that I will concede that makes a real meaningful difference and that is noise. Digital is dead quiet and I do like that and I wish LPs and tape were stone-cold quiet, but their not. For all the talk about the vaunted dynamic range on CDs vs. LPs, where is it? I find the dynamic range on well recorded LPs to be stunning. A cruel twist of fate has many modern recordings made so the vu meter is pegged at 0VU so there is no dynamic range to be heard. My table turns at the correct speed so I don't have pitch/speed issues that Ron Party was worried about in his post to Gary. Do I wish my noise floor was lower? Sure I do. Do I fret over some crosstalk measurement and believe I have a problem where there is none? Nope.
No matter how much you fiddle with analog, it simply cannot match digital in this respect.