>Not exactly. If live music sounds bad or unauthentic compared to one's
>home system then my impression would be the home system in debate
>isn't so hot and/or he is tone deaf. That, an/or the owner's had it
>turned up so high his hearing's now shot.
Uh, uh. People who listen exclusively to reproduced music don't know
what music sounds like in a concert hall. They are often disappointed
that the live orchestra cannot "turn up the bass" and "lift the highs"
as they so easily do on their preamplifiers. I don't care how good the
reproduction system is, the principle holds. It is painful truth, to be
sure, and I've been struggling with it as a member of the AES for the
last fifty years.
Okay, yet one more variable: listener ignorance. Point is, our reference is
always live music and if that sounds unauthentic then that's on our
listener not the live musical event.
Besides, I doubt most people have ever heard top-end audio, would or could
appreciate it if they did.
Tris
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