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  1. Deep Funk
    Deep Funk
    That is the audiophile life dude. You are lucky...
    Mar 6, 2017
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  2. Muse Wanderer
    Muse Wanderer
    This Saturday I got another first row centre seat for Brahms' double concerto and Beethoven's Eroica!
    Feels weird but live front seat is as exhilirating and exhausting as Utopia.
    Mar 6, 2017
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  3. Kattefjaes
    Kattefjaes
    Was the seat copper or silver?
    Mar 6, 2017
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  4. Claritas
    Claritas
    Interesting. It really depends on the concert hall, as no gear yet surpasses the best halls. Still, we're quite fortunate to be alive today. (Though there have been some trade offs: the loss of widespread amateur musicianship).
    Mar 6, 2017
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  5. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    Please be careful to wear only cottons and other natural fibres for live music. Even a trace of polyester causes enough static to considerably raise the noise floor, even in the best of auditoria. This is something that the architect/engineers could not design for.
    Mar 6, 2017
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  6. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    Some halls are permanently ruined by using synthetic fibres for the seat covers
    Mar 6, 2017
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  7. DigMe
    DigMe
    @Claritas yeah, crazy to think that at one time, if ypu were really determined, you MIGHT be lucky enough to go see, say, Beethoven's fifth performed. And pretty much forget about hearing it again after that.
    Mar 6, 2017
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  8. Muse Wanderer
    Muse Wanderer
    @Kattefjaes - seats had some gold lining... gotta say that did the trick!
    Mar 6, 2017
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  9. Muse Wanderer
    Muse Wanderer
    @Claritas - live is the gold standard I agree. I can't not compare the live screechy soprano voice with a recorded screechy soprano voice. It is so similar at times when heared close up. From far away it's much more subdued as expected.
    Mar 6, 2017
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  10. Muse Wanderer
    Muse Wanderer
    Mar 6, 2017
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  11. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    Wow, what a *gorgeous* theatre!
    Mar 6, 2017
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  12. Muse Wanderer
    Muse Wanderer
    It is indeed a beautiful ornate piece of architecture from the Baroque era.

    I don't know how on earth I was thinking about tonality, staging, imaging, details and those impressive dynamics when listening to the soprano, singing a wonderful Mozart aria, just a few metres in front of me! This hobby can play tricks with your brain.

    I really need to attend more live events, just listen to music and reset my mind.
    Mar 8, 2017
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  13. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    I have sat in live concerts and thought, "If my hifi sounded like this I'd throw it out."

    But, with the South-Indian-classical thing that I'm into, in bad halls with bad equipment with lousy operators, this is a regular experience
    Mar 8, 2017
  14. Thad E Ginathom
    Thad E Ginathom
    ... it got me into observing room effects such as reflections and resonance. Sometimes moving just one seat can drastically affect the sound. Moving nearer or closer to walls, angle to speakers, is the big thing.

    But in western concert halls and theatres, you've probably booked a specific seat and don't have the freedom to wander around
    Mar 8, 2017