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Where is the weakest link when things get big?
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<blockquote data-quote="d0dja" data-source="post: 97391" data-attributes="member: 2244"><p>>My experience with going to see the orchestra live versus </p><p>>listening at home is that I can quite easily match the volume </p><p>>of the live orchestra (its not that loud - nowhere near rock </p><p>>concert levels). What I cannot however match is the 'fullness' of the sound</p><p></p><p>Wouldn't that also be because stereo is two point sources, with a bit of reflection, trying to imitate a 2D array, whereas a full orchestra is a whole bunch of sources of music across an arc - and human ears are (slightly) directional, so a little movement of your head changes where you're picking up the sound from. Hence live orchestra sounds fuller.</p><p></p><p>~R</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="d0dja, post: 97391, member: 2244"] >My experience with going to see the orchestra live versus >listening at home is that I can quite easily match the volume >of the live orchestra (its not that loud - nowhere near rock >concert levels). What I cannot however match is the 'fullness' of the sound Wouldn't that also be because stereo is two point sources, with a bit of reflection, trying to imitate a 2D array, whereas a full orchestra is a whole bunch of sources of music across an arc - and human ears are (slightly) directional, so a little movement of your head changes where you're picking up the sound from. Hence live orchestra sounds fuller. ~R [/QUOTE]
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