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RE: The negative effect is a loss of musical realism. What one hears is not equivalent to a live experience.

It is definitely possible to get equivalent sound from a reproduction of a live acoustic instrument. I've done this with a piano. It took a tremendous amount of set up to get the desired result. In the end, the only substantial difference was that the piano was located between the speakers, rather than in the actual location of the instrument in the room. Also, the bottom three notes were slightly weak, but the music didn't use them, just a test scale. I had the benefit of being able to eliminate room acoustics from the recording since I was playing back in the same room as the instrument. The recording still sounds natural when played in other settings, but it does require a large room, a room large enough to fit a 7 foot grand piano.

Of course, there was the "willing suspension of disbelief". Skeptics will be perpetually miserable since they are unwilling to allow themselves to enjoy "illusions". This is a sad situation to be in, since life itself is nothing but an illusion. This kind of skepticism is almost certain to lead to a life of misery. YMMV.


Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar


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