Is soundstaging emblematic of reality?

On the other hand, if you listen to some good live recordings, there is a very high probability you will never hear that same perfection and separation of instruments as you would on the recording in a live venue.  Case in point, listen to the spring '77 Betty Board recordings and the 72 Dan Healy recordings of the Grateful Dead. The are incredible sounding recordings. Listen to a Here Comes Sunshine from 71-73 with headphones and you know exactly what I mean.  

If you are listening to the Bruce Springsteen wall of sound, it doesn't matter where you sit in the venue, or your home.  You are still going to get blasted with that damn wall of sound.  I really appreciate Bruce, but when you can't distinguish the instruments, then well, I'll go back to Phil Spector.  

Elizabeth,

 I take your point!

mapman
Music occurs in 4 dimensions like everything else so the answer can only be yes.

>>>>As I’ve described in the complete explanation of how the Clever Little Cock works the TIME of the recording, second by second, is captured by the microphones along with the other three physical dimensions and comes out when the recording is played along with the other three. Unfortunately, the time coordinates captured during the recording session are very different from out internal clock with is “present time.” Many recordings we listen to were recorded 40;or 50 years ago. The two very different time coordinates clash, interfere. That interference produces subtle subconscious “confusion” in the brain 🧠 that degrades the sound. Thanks for bringing up the 4th dimension. By the way, early during the Big Bang there were many more than four dimensions, up to 26, depending on which theory you buy into, as spacetime is extremely warped due to gravity.

I don’t know about the clock but the schpiel about it is very clever.