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How close to the real thing?

Recently a friend of mine heard a Chopin concert in a Baptist church. I had told him that I had gone out to RMAF this year and heard some of the latest gear. His comment was that he thinks the best audio systems are only about 5% close to the real thing, especially the sound of a piano, though he admitted he hasn't heard the best of the latest equipment.

That got me thinking as I have been going to the BSO a lot this fall and comparing the sound of my system to live orchestral music. It's hard to put a hard percentage on this kind of thing, but I think the best systems capture a lot more than just 5% of the sound of live music.

What do you think? Are we making progress and how close are we?
peterayer
hifihvn
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That was out of a talk forum like this one.Thats why I put the (?) there.[http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-476991.html]
hifihvn
943 posts
 
Here it is.Post #11 "Bowler Hat"[http://www.maestronet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=321036]
hifihvn
943 posts
 
Michigan Technological University 300 person pep band conductor.Not Michigan State,but correct quote from the man.125db at over 100 foot away.Take it for what its worth.
Link.[http://www.maestronet.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=321036]
argyro
438 posts
 
I cannot give a percent but Tidals come very very close when associated with good gear and good recordings in decent rooms.
timlub
1,649 posts
 
Thanks for the links, he quoted even higher for the marching band, 125db @ 100 ft away. With a starting point of 100db per instrument, it would take 256 players to make 124db @ the instruments or 1024 players to make 130db... I don't have any idea of how spl falls off in an open outside area, Lets just say that they did it... That is much easier and its over. Now Peterayer, can your system reproduce the marching band with better than 5% accuracy?
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