In Reply to: I disagree posted by Don Till on February 22, 2010 at 20:32:54:
"Live music more often than not doesn't sound good, at least relative to my hifi listening experiences."
Not sure what this has to do with anything. But no one familiar with live music would ever state that *all* live music is sonically superior. It varies as much as anything depending on venue, performance, the actual instruments used and where you sit.
"And this is so blatantly obvious sometimes I wonder how often some of these people actually listen to live music. They actually consider it the holy grail of home audio reproduction."
It's only the holy grail when it is played well in an excellent venue with excellent instruments fom an excellent seat. Then it is the holy grail.
"How ludicrious! Studio reproductions got alot more going for them than many audiophiles want to admit."
Studio "reproductions?" Do you mean studio "productions?" If so apples and oranges. There is no live reference for studio productions.
"BTW - live/minimalist recordings are my favorite recordings. But when it gets right down to it the sound of the average studio production played back in my living rooms sounds better than say 70% of the live productions I attend."
Perhaps you need to get better seats and go to better venues and see better musicians playing better instruments.
There is nothing magical about music *just* being live.
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