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RE: Orchestral-sized events are the worst "live reference"

I think it was Earl Geddes who said that when the performance venue has about the same size and acoustic characteristics as the playback room then there might be a chance that reproduced music sounds like live.

>I doubt that the very best loudspeakers are essentially better than the more affordable ones...<

At blurring the distinction between "live" and "recorded" sound or otherwise. Loudspeakers have different radiation behaviour as compared to musical instruments so the perceptual gap will remain open, regardless of price.

As for the question if the very best loudspeaker are better than affordable ones, the answer depends on who you ask! Floyd Toole has obtained objective criteria for subjective loudspeaker quality. He said (some 5 years ago or so) that loudspeakers meeting these criteria can be made for something like $800/pair, you'd need to spend more for deeper bass. If I look at high-end loudspeakers in any price range, many of them perform poorly, according to these criteria.

We all know from experience that loudspeaker playback doesn't sound like the real thing, and science simply gives us some possible explanations.

Klaus

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