Getting off the subject a bit.
Does some of the audio systems we own sound better than some live performances we hear in terms of sound quality? I know an audio hi fi system can not normally reproduce the emotion of a live performance (at least nothing I have heard personally) but does home hi fidelity sound better than a public address system?
If you attend a live rock or pop type concert in a stadium, concert/theater hall or even in a smaller club setting do you actually hear instruments separated from each other or do you only hear the sound field emitted by the PA system used?
Another consideration for home audio is that a typical room in the average home creates a close monitoring situation.
What about the equipment used for some of these live events? Are they of the same quality and price tier of equipment made for home use?
The typical PA gear you find does not seem to come near the price of the hi end audio gear.
Recording studios may be a different story. Studio gear can get into the money.
Seems to me the only time you can hear true separation is from acoustic instruments that are not amplified through a common PA system. Once electronics and amplification are applied it seems that you start losing separation except what you get through further electronic manipulation in the form of panning sound to the left or right channel.
Just my thoughts as a lay person.
Does some of the audio systems we own sound better than some live performances we hear in terms of sound quality? I know an audio hi fi system can not normally reproduce the emotion of a live performance (at least nothing I have heard personally) but does home hi fidelity sound better than a public address system?
If you attend a live rock or pop type concert in a stadium, concert/theater hall or even in a smaller club setting do you actually hear instruments separated from each other or do you only hear the sound field emitted by the PA system used?
Another consideration for home audio is that a typical room in the average home creates a close monitoring situation.
What about the equipment used for some of these live events? Are they of the same quality and price tier of equipment made for home use?
The typical PA gear you find does not seem to come near the price of the hi end audio gear.
Recording studios may be a different story. Studio gear can get into the money.
Seems to me the only time you can hear true separation is from acoustic instruments that are not amplified through a common PA system. Once electronics and amplification are applied it seems that you start losing separation except what you get through further electronic manipulation in the form of panning sound to the left or right channel.
Just my thoughts as a lay person.