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"I suggest that you listen to real good ones."

Oh, I *have,* thanks!

I'm afraid you still do not understand the concept of "dynamic range" if you can say that a rock concert has any. It gets loud, yes, but it never gets soft. With the compression applied to most rock records today, the most you see is usually around 6dB, and often less.

And that 120dB is extremely generous for classical. As others in this thread have pointed out to you, the spl of peaks is not the same as range. The ability to play loud is not the same as the ability to follow instantaneous peaks with realism.

My point, which I seem to have made very poorly, was that no matter what your front end can do regarding dynamic range--LP or CD--the rest of the chain is not up to the task. Live dynamics have instantaneous peaks that are inevitably smoothed out by the rest of the chain, and most audiophile grade loudspeakers (I've heard some of the very best) can't convey those peaks with realism.

I've heard PA systems that can handle continuously loud signals without distortion, but they too squash the peaks and are generally too colored for audio reproduction in the home.

Live dynamics are wildly more lively than even the best systems can reproduce. If your concept of dynamics comes from amplified music, why naturally you're satisfied. I'm happy for you, have fun. But the peaks, coherence, and effortlessness of acoustic instruments still eludes.

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