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Does Your System Sound Like the Real Thing?

I don't mean close, or it's pretty good at suggesting, or if you close your eyes and really, really concentrate. I'm asking whether your system is indistinguishable from live performances.

If the answer is yes, then congratulations! If the answer is no, do you even think it's possible? And if you do think it's possible, how far are you willing to go?
onhwy61
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jond
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Would you really want it? Have you ever been in a room where someone was playing drums? Or practicing sax? Maybe you like listening loud but I think many people underestimate exactly how loud it would be to have even a three piece jazz band playing in your living/listening room.
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timo
610 posts
 
In some ways it resembles the real thing. In others it doesn't.
sidssp
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Sometimes my system sounds better than real - I like it better than the real thing that is, but it doesn't sound real and I doubt it can ever sound real in my lifetime.
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
Unfortunately I've never compared a real piano in the same listening room...
As you may know even different pianos sound different so the most precise answer is
"I don't know".
pbowne
75 posts
 
I agree with Jond. I am often amazed at how close my system is when I play music back at close to the recording volume (or what I think it is.) That is usually a lot louder than most people listen.

Also, how many times has some sound come across and fooled you that it is not the system but in the next room, etc.?
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