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RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around."

"It's almost seems as if you're confusing the realities present in live musical events with the realities present in recordings."

I am asking you specifically about how you judge the sound quality of live events. There is no confusion on my part. Still looking forward to your answers on those clear specific questions about how you judge the sound qualities of live music.

"For instance: Sure, you can walk around the room at any live music venue and you'll notice slightly different sounding versions of the same event sonic event at each new location, but you cannot (dare I say "should not"?) try to do the same thing with a recording."

I have actually walked around the "room" at a number of concert halls while live music is being played to judge the sound of the hall from the many different sitting positions. In *every* case the sound quality varies quite widely. Your assertion that the sound quality of live music at concert halls varies "slightly" Is simply wrong. There is no reason to bring audio playback into this. Again, I was asking you about live music and specifically what you use as a standard of measure of excellence for sound quality of live music.

So I will ask again. Let's see if you can answer the questions asked this time.


"you state that you "will decide if a live acoustic performance is taking place in an favorable acoustic setting or an unfavorable one."
By what objective standard do you judge that?

You state that you "must judge everything according to the standards you formulate and the memories you entertain, but you would hope that both of these things are grounded in reality somehow."

That doesn't make sense. all live music is grounded in reality because it is all real. But you concede that it is not all equal. So by what standard do you judge. It can't be "by reality" because all live music is equally real but not equal in sound quality. So what is the standard?

You state that you "respect the *real*, and you try to honor the intentions of the recording engineers, if honorable they are."

Again, all live music is real. But it is not all equal. so "real" can not be the standard by which you judge live music. So what is it?

You state that "Of course it is your *subjective evaluation* saying that not all live performances and not all acoustic venues are created equal. Hopefully, your subjective evaluations will at all times be informed ones though."

Informed by what? What is the standard?


Edits: 07/28/15
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