Why I like my home system better than live music

What kind of live music are you listening to? I like to attend regular performances of a local Orchestra, and though my listening preferences are for jazz, blues and rock, nothing sounds better to me than live, unamplified orchestra performance of classical music.

I do like listening to my own system, because I can control the volume and musical selections, which I cannot do at a live performance.

Cheers,
John

Are you referring to live unamplified sound or the sound coming from a venue's sound system?

As a point of reference you haven't listed your system. What exactly are you comparing "live sound" to?

Drac,

Curious what live venues have you heard that sound bad and what kinds of music there?

On Sunday I saw three local bands and Theory of Flight at Studio Seven in South Seattle. (Unfortunately I got paged and had to leave before Marcy Playground took the stage --grrr!)

Studio Seven is a great venue that can hold up to 750 although I suspect only half that were at Sunday's show. We sat in the balcony and while possibly attributible to the inexpensive beer, I remember thinking that the sound quality was terrific and visceral. No stereo system I have ever heard remotely approaches that sound...