In Reply to: I disagree posted by willkayakforfood on July 20, 2012 at 16:08:50:
First of all, the audience member who can really manage "...silencing all internal dialog..." for an extended period (more than a minute) while maintaining vivid awareness is a very, very rare animal. That doesn't really address your point bit since you put all in bold I thought I'd offer the comment.
Secondly, I'm not persuaded that the capacity to hear real pinpoint imaging (as opposed to the mixing board creation of spot mic'd multi-mono) does serious violence to the music. IME selling high end audio equipment professional musicians were often among the least discerning when it came to reproduction equipment. It seemed that they only heard the music and were fairly oblivious to either subtractive or additive distortions. I suppose this might be argued to be higher or deeper listening but I think that is an uphill line of reasoning to advance.
Perhaps my personal response is partially colored by my listening to more small ensemble live music and often from relatively close positions as opposed to on stage with an orchestra or twenty rows out in a large hall with a full audience.
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- I agree to disagree but I take your point - plantsman 01:57:48 07/24/12 (0)