TIP # 34: Should Home Audio Chase Live Concert Sound?

[Fiftyfifty]

Hi,

We often hear the advice that a hi-fi system should sound like live music or a concert hall. In most cases, I don’t think that is meant literally. What people usually mean are qualities such as:

• natural tonal balance
• convincing dynamics
• realistic scale, within reason
• openness and ease
• the sense that music is flowing freely, not mechanically

That is very different from trying to recreate the actual sound pressure, projection, and venue scale of a concert hall or open-air event inside a living room. Perhaps the better goal is not to chase a literal live concert sound, but to capture the life, energy, and realism of music in a way that suits your own room.

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