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RE: How do omnidirectional speakers compare to surround sound?

The MBL's generate sound in all directions just like an instrument does. So the listening room is energized like a live performance room.
Not really. First, the recording contains, in most cases, the sound of the original recording site and the omnidirectional output will add the acoustics of the playback room to them. Second, with the omnidirectional output, all the voices and instruments will be radiating with the same pattern and from the same source position. This is differs from the unique and characteristic radiation patterns of individual voices/instruments and from their original positions during the performance. Not really comparable.

Is surround sound supposed to turn your listening room into a miniature version of, say, the concert hall where it was recorded?
That may be possible in some cases but, more generally, good surround sound replaces the acoustics of your listening room by the acoustics of the performance site. So, rather than bring the concert to you, it attempts to bring you to the concert.

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