Live vs home system???

Hi and thanks for the interesting comments. For the longest time I wondered about what a home system should sound like and as my system evolved it became clear to me that what I heard live was not what I could accomplish in my home. Over the years there have been fleeting moments that sent chills up my back and there have also been moments of frustration. With that said most of my experience has been pure enjoyment of the music. It is only when I am drawn into the equipment game that I am really frustrated. With the advent of the computer, agon and other sites my awareness has expanded and with the help from a few nice people the experience of music listening is truly priceless.
I really don't see how live music can be replicated given the steps it takes to reach our ears. Do any of you think commercial equipment used in the recording industry is up to the standard of the better home equipment? The people doing the mixing are projecting what they think it should sound like, then there are the people designing and manufacturing cartridges and so on down the line. Bottom line is ENJOY THR MUSIC and have a system that makes music that pleases you. Other thougts are welcomed.
Richard

Sorry did you meant Live vs Horn System...

Like Apachef1 just said , the idea is to compare your system to a live unamplified performance, a Jazz band, a Salsa Band is great also! but the main point is to get a Symphony in your living room...I have heard such system, it can be done, most approximations use multiaplified huge horns.

Now Mordante is on the other side of it, dont compare just enjoy the music, well the times I enjoyed music the most were in my teens with a cheap stereo and a couple of girlfriends, but maybe hormones had something to do with it! remember : In the heat with a blue jean girl....

Now if you mean to replicate the sound of a Stadium playing a U2 concert hell put some earplugs and call the police!!!

I just heard Holy Cole in a small and well-known jazz club in Boston. It was dreadful. The sound came out of three large speakers via a mixing board. Scale was wrong, bass too loud, etc. Even worse was Patricia Barber in Cambridge a year ago. Though my system hardly sounds real, I much prefer it to those two live performances.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra, on the other hand, sounds fantastic. I just heard Brahm's violin concerto from center orchestra seats and I was nearly moved to tears. My system can't come close. The BSO is my clear reference and what I compare my system to every time I make changes and attempt improvements. I have never heard better than the BSO and only a few systems in my experience have even hinted at that sound.

Boston Symphony Hall has ATC's installed. WGBH studios has been using ATC's for as long as I can remember. Although, nothing can reproduce attending a live orchestra with good seats.

Shadorne, I can almost guarantee that the ATC's in Symphony Hall would never actually be used in the BSO's regular classical symphonic concerts. They would be used for the Boston Pops, depending on what the program was - they would only be used if something was being miked live, for instance a vocalist in a pops show. About the only exception that would ever occur in a regular classical subscription series program that I can think of off the top of my head would be a classical guitar concerto - and even then, I am not certain that it would be pumped through the hall's speaker system - often it is just a moniter on stage. I can ask friends in the orchestra if you are curious, and get back to you in a couple of days.