In Reply to: Using live music as a reference?? posted by jazz1 on March 29, 2012 at 00:24:38:
Your closing words seem to say that the best live music is a reference that cannot be attained by the best audio system. So the best live music is the ultimate reference for audio.
There may be exceptions but the majority of musical instruments will sound far superior in tonality and dynamics than a reproduction of the same by any audio system.
Just think of all the musical instruments that could be played in your home and compare that to the reproduction of those instruments through your speakers. There is no serious comparison and with all the limitations and flaws of your audio system, your audio system is no match for real musical instruments.
In fact at some live performances, recorded music is played when the musicians and singers take a break. Even with the best sound system possible, there is no comparison between the real and facsimile, though both may be enjoyable. So enjoy both.
Perhaps some people enjoy watching football, baseball, or basketball games on their large screen television with surround sound system at home. Other people enjoy going to the games. And other people want to be actively involved and they enjoy playing in the games. These are three different experiences that provide different levels of enjoyment. So enjoy all three.
It is often said that musicians have lousy audio systems. And why not since there is no comparison. Make no mistake about it, when it comes to sonics, the finest audio system has serious limits that the real instruments do not have.
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Follow Ups
- "Trying to emulate live sound is pie in the sky" - audiozorro 21:10:55 03/31/12 (23)
- This perpetuates the myth... (long) - Presto 11:26:55 04/13/12 (1)
- RE: This perpetuates the myth... (long) - Fitzcaraldo215 06:32:57 04/14/12 (0)
- Such good wisdom - Sordidman 16:15:32 04/04/12 (0)
- RE: "Trying to emulate live sound is pie in the sky" - Tony Lauck 09:12:26 04/01/12 (19)
- There is no such thing as an audio system without limitations and flaws - audiozorro 19:58:07 04/01/12 (18)
- RE: There is no such thing as an audio system without limitations and flaws - Tony Lauck 06:02:26 04/02/12 (17)
- RE: There is no such thing as an audio system without limitations and flaws - ahendler 08:07:15 04/02/12 (16)
- Rooze configuration? - BobH 12:52:19 04/11/12 (1)
- RE: Rooze configuration? - ahendler 21:37:26 04/11/12 (0)
- 5 maggies are better than two... I have heard such a demonstration - Robert C. Lang 12:04:55 04/02/12 (13)
- Multi-channel and the FDA - BobH 12:39:05 04/11/12 (6)
- RE: Multi-channel and the FDA - Robert C. Lang 15:55:01 04/11/12 (5)
- RE: Multi-channel and the FDA - BobH 18:54:17 04/11/12 (4)
- RE: Multi-channel and the FDA - Robert C. Lang 01:14:02 04/15/12 (3)
- RE: Multi-channel and the FDA - nairb 02:37:48 04/15/12 (2)
- RE: Multi-channel and the FDA - Robert C. Lang 12:25:23 04/15/12 (1)
- RE: Multi-channel and the FDA - nairb 13:14:39 04/15/12 (0)
- You may feel claustrophobic?? nt - jazz1 22:45:16 04/02/12 (1)
- RE: You may feel claustrophobic?? nt - Robert C. Lang 23:26:07 04/02/12 (0)
- RE: 5 maggies are better than two... I have heard such a demonstration - ahendler 12:52:36 04/02/12 (3)
- Home theater surround systems not selling very well? - Fitzcaraldo215 19:34:50 04/04/12 (2)
- RE: Home theater surround systems not selling very well? - ahendler 20:49:59 04/04/12 (1)
- Not really - Robert C. Lang 22:35:35 04/04/12 (0)