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How to get the impact of a live concert?

Yes, I know, big speakers, lots of power. : ) But I really am looking to "feel" the dynamics of the music, like you would at a concert. I'm not only talking about bass, although that is certainly a part of it. My wife and I were at Dave Matthews Band concert last night and it always amazes me, how impactful music is when it's live. Obviously, I understand they have a LOT of power driving a LOT of speakers, but they were filling the whole outdoors (outside venue). I'm only trying to fill my listening room. Would a good sub help? Different speakers?

I currently have Gallo Reference 3.1's and Klipchs Forte II's (Crites mods) driven by a Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista M3.
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mapman
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The Audio Asylum thread is a good one with valid points.

Its not easy and requires first knowing what "there" means to you, and then a lot of work and experimentation over time perhaps to get there. It took me years (decades actually) but I do not necessarily agree that one can never get "there".

"There" will always be a reproduction with some limits/variations in practice, but these can be made insignificant to the point where it really should not matter to most. Money, time, and knowledge are certainly the keys.

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marakanetz
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2kw per channel in your living room.
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mapman
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Yep, in general, the quick recipe to best get impact of a live concert is larger speakers with more and or larger quality drivers, the highest power and current quality power amp you can manage to drive them, and a quality source to feed it all.

Bottom line, you need an effective combo of both quantity and quality. ALso larger and/or less lively rooms will require more quantity than others. In smaller/livelier rooms, less can be more.
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roxy54
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The only speakers that I ever owned that reproduced the sound I would hear at a concert are Klipschorns. I am sure there are others, but I'll bet they are horn designs as well.
french_fries
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the closest to live i ever heard was with the Wilson Audio WAMM system consisting of two (18") subwoofer cabinets in the back and a pair of "trees" with
different speaker arrays on them that could be pointed independently and a complex crossover as well to tune the system to the room and listening position.
IMHO Wilson should re-introduce this concept again even if it is just for experimentation to see what is possible. anyway, the sound was so enveloping and powerful (loud but not ear-shattering) on a live rock concert and a symphony recording i was fairly speechless afterwards. but you would need a room 25 X 30 to set the WAMM up properly. it sure would be nice if everyone could get a chance to hear something like that- but i guess the easiest is of course to buy tickets and attend a concert (if you can get good seats).
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