Why is it so easy to tell the difference between live and recorded music?


I would direct you to Steve Guttenberg’s most recent YouTube video. It is a question that I’ve often asked myself. Any thoughts?
marklindemann
I was told a dachshund can bring down a 160 lb man who’s had a twenty foot head start.
Mostly because your brain is telling you there's no way it could be live music when the eyes transmit to it an image of speakers. Place musicians on a stage pretending to play while a pair of speakers behind them actually play, then it gets more difficult to tell the difference.
When I played "Jazz Wolf" CD, even on a very low-end mini system, my dog would Always join all those other wolfies "out there"! It was fun!!
Better hearing or not, personal involvement must have played a role. Music or sounds coming from TV never fooled him

I was fooled by my stereo more than once: when listening to Roger Water's "Amused to Death" I always thought that its a neighbors dog barking outside. It was recorded thru some Q-Sound effects, but as mentioned already by @gs5556, my expectations fooled me. The effect is lost thru the headphones.