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How to get the impact of a live concert?

Yes, I know, big speakers, lots of power. : ) But I really am looking to "feel" the dynamics of the music, like you would at a concert. I'm not only talking about bass, although that is certainly a part of it. My wife and I were at Dave Matthews Band concert last night and it always amazes me, how impactful music is when it's live. Obviously, I understand they have a LOT of power driving a LOT of speakers, but they were filling the whole outdoors (outside venue). I'm only trying to fill my listening room. Would a good sub help? Different speakers?

I currently have Gallo Reference 3.1's and Klipchs Forte II's (Crites mods) driven by a Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista M3.
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wolf_garcia
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Here's some reality...relatively "uncompressed" sound is one difference that the live stuff gives you...and NO home audio speaker I know of could handle even one live miked kick drum thump without exploding...none. Period...you need extreme "pro" drivers for that with huge voice coils and proper acoustic loading to get anything close to live uncompressed thump, and, frankly, I don't personally care to use that in my sweet little hifi rig. If you want live sound, hire musicians.
martykl
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If you're looking for "rock concert impact" (ala the Dave Matthews show you cite in the OP) without (near) rock concert SPL, I think you're sunk. That impact is largely a function of the very high SPL.

IMO
elizabeth
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The best way is to invite about sixty of your neighbors in, Get them all drunk, and have them stand in FRONT of you while the stereo is blasting away, All of them enthusiastically jumping around.
You will feel like you are at a concert...
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stringreen
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french_fries
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it sucks that you have to pay for an astronomically-priced Focal, Kharma, Wilson, Rockport, etc. speaker system. but with adequate amplification with the right sources AND a well damped room, you CAN get (95% of) the impact of a concert performance. but it is extremely rare to come by an audio store that is willing to put that kind of a system on display. the day i got a glimpse of what is possible, on the other side of the room the Wilson WAMM speakers were placed was a Goldmund Reference turntable, and a rack of some of the best and most exotic gear available at the time. the speakers were driven by a pair of Levinson 20.6 class-a monoblocks and a bridged-mono bryston amp for the subwoofers (2 X 18 in. in 6 foot tall cabinets) . the room was magic whatever they played in it.
i'm no expert but high-end audio at the extreme end of the scale is pretty phenominal if it's set up correctly.
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