Completely agree. cliveb;157992 Wrote: > I seem to recall that some years back it was noted that many > professional (classical) musicians in fact owned pretty low-end stereo > systems, and seemed perfectly happy with them. The hypothesis was that > these people's training meant that they could mentally "fill in" the > missing bits. > > > We often hear this argument about live music, but I'm beginning to > doubt it, at least as far as rock music is concerned (which is my > poison of choice). Simple fact of the matter is that the actual sound > in a typical rock concert is dreadful. I mean really, really awful. I > certainly don't want to replicate that in my living room. Even at my > favourite venue (The Stables at Milton Keynes, which is *much* better > than most), the sound is still not really that good. (Of course, live > classical or acoustic jazz may very well be a different matter. It's > been years since I attended either). > > I feel the purpose of an audio system is to create an enjoyable musical > experience at home. The chances of having a similar experience to what > you get at a live concert seems vanishingly small to me. That doesn't > mean that it can't be just as emotionally rewarding - just in a > different way.
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