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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.
ecruz
ddd1
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07-11-12: Newbee
Take a moment and go to Audio Asylum. There is a current thread in the 'General' forum discussing the importance of Dynamic's and what that term means. It is an excellent post and some of the contributors also discuss the practical ramifications of trying to get good results at home.

I would like to read this thread you are referring to but it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Do you have a link?
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atmasphere
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Here you go:

http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/general/messages/62/627320.html

One thing not mentioned in that thread is the in 80% of all audiophile conversation, the word 'dynamics' can be effectively replaced by the word 'distortion' without changing the meaning of the conversation.

This is because most audio circuits make some odd-ordered harmonic distortion, and the ear uses odd-ordered harmonics to determine how loud a sound is.
wolf_garcia
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Dynamics are simply the perception of loud and soft relative to each other as perceived by the listener. The ear uses the relative difference between sounds to determine "loudness" and that has zero to do with harmonics.
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onhwy61
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Agree with Atmashpere, disagree with Wolf garcia. Adding distortion components absolutely increases apparent volume. Not sure about the odd vs. even harmonics.
agear
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Thanks for the thread Ralph.

and that most elusive part--a sort of baseline energy in the room even during the silent passages.

This is the substance of it. Nicely described....
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