keesue The fidelity of home playback versus live music. After much bantering about, it became, ’How can you tell?" If you didn’t hear it live or you don’t listen to live music, how can you say your playback system is true to live?
Trying to recreate "live sound" is elusive. The best you can hope for is to get close to the master tape. If you make your own recordings - and it amazes me how few audiophiles are willing to do that - you’ll know for yourself how close you are.
Funny hobby we have. The monkey bone should guide us ...
Huh? Is a "monkey bone" some sort of voodoo prop, such as eye of newt or wool of bat?
I’d suggest that for audiophiles, reason should prevail. That’s worked well for me for many years, and not just for audio matters.