In a very small hall, sitting very close: no system comes close. Period.
You can get an impression from recorded music, perhaps, but that's all.
Beethoven. Britten. Shostakovich. Good program, superb playing--- $35 excellent seats, a venue that's a twenty-minute walk from home on a beautiful fall afternoon.
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Topic - Emerson Quartet: live! - tinear 17:58:13 10/12/14 (14)
- RE: Emerson Quartet: live! - desertorganist 22:10:16 10/13/14 (0)
- Oh yeah! seat was 5ft. from Veronika Qt. on Saturday. - cootcraig 13:17:10 10/13/14 (0)
- RE: Emerson Quartet: live! - Tadlo 06:07:19 10/13/14 (1)
- I've also attended many other highly rated quartet performances: the Emerson to me is on a different - tinear 08:07:55 10/14/14 (0)
- To die for - kavakidd 23:38:30 10/12/14 (0)
- But tin - the Emersons can't possibly compare to the great quartets of the past, can they??? [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 23:00:36 10/12/14 (8)
- RE: But tin - the Emersons can't possibly compare to the great quartets of the past, can they??? [nt] ;-) - rbolaw 09:54:09 10/13/14 (0)
- They are "of the past:" all graybeards. Not a décolleté in sight, - tinear 08:40:17 10/13/14 (3)
- RE: They are "of the past:" all graybeards. Not a décolleté in sight, - Analog Scott 11:21:11 10/14/14 (0)
- RE: They are "of the past:" all graybeards. Not a décolleté in sight, - Chris from Lafayette 10:15:32 10/13/14 (0)
- RE: They are "of the past:" all graybeards. Not a décolleté in sight, - pbarach 08:51:40 10/13/14 (0)
- RE: But tin - the Emersons can't possibly compare to the great quartets of the past, can they??? [nt] ;-) - Tadlo 06:09:10 10/13/14 (2)
- RE: But tin - the Emersons can't possibly compare to the great quartets of the past, can they??? [nt] ;-) - goldenthal 15:54:12 10/24/14 (0)
- "I'll take [the Emersons live] over an old Busch recording any day" - Chris from Lafayette 10:13:08 10/13/14 (0)