Do we really know what "Live" music sounds like?

Heard the Wailin Jennys do some unamplified songs at a great venue, soul stirring.. Pre Pandemic, i got a steady diet of acoustic unamplified music…. gotta get back to the Garden…as Joni sings…..

Approx. 10,000 performances and recordings, everything from solo piano to symphony to big band to trios, etc....yeah I have a vague idea.

Spoiler alert: it can't be reproduced on a stereo.

One of the reasons why many serious audio equipment designers at the storied firms will sponsor / underwrite / participate in the recording of music. Vandersteen, Audioquest, EAR, Conrad Johnson, Wilson, M and K, Water Lilly, Soundsmith ( via Direct Grace ).. the list is long… Witness the original acoustic event, see where things go wrong in the recording / reproduction chain, seek to make it better.  Joe Harley at Tone Poet / Blue Note, one such genius….

@retipper Anything new with Direct Grace ? I have some sponsorship $ for a good cause.

No spoiler alert those of us that are musicians know.

Yeah. All the time. Every day. If the sound doesn't come from me, myself, it comes from listening to my wife play her various brands and models of acoustic guitars.