Live vs home system???


I have been listening to live music since the 60's and other than live accoustic I have not found live music that compares to a purposeful home system. I wonder what live music everyone wants to emulate? When live music is enhanced by electronics such as a Stones concert, are you looking to match that sound? Perhaps the sound to match is the sound in the studio?? I must say that the live music I have heard never has the imaging that my home system has, and I am never sitting exactly in the middle of a performance, and I never have to put earplugs in so my ears are not blown out with my home system. So the question is what live music are we comparing to? Thanks
Richard
rnadell

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Too many people get caught up on sound quality vs. live concert. A live concert is an experience beyond the sound itself, the energy, and variations of songs vs. the original studio recording is really what its all about. Sounding good, and being loud are pluses however. In order to get live experience at home would require drinking with a bunch of people, a huge projector screen, big speakers and a live concert DVD :-) Thats as close as it comes. Other than that there should be many priorities in a system that can just make everything sound real not necessarily "live".

Recordings themselves and the rooms acoustics your systems are housed will be the determining factor, not 100% just the gear being used to produce the end results you desire.