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

Nobody know what live music sound SAVE with his own specific ears and history...

We were programmed to recognize human voices apparatus for million of years , sound coming from any direction...

No one is programmed in life to distinguish live music and playback music, it is an acquired skill and never exactly the same for everybody, SAVE for musicians practising the same instrument and exhanging impressions between them...

But even for them live music and playback music are different birds...

We can only compare the playing micro-structure of the tonal timbre of only one instrument at a times to improve our audio system.... Or use choral voices....

Pretending live instrument an recorded one sound the same make no sense...

A recorded instrument can sound natural for sure so much that even a musician can be surprized... But even a virtual 3D movie where we will be someday would not fool reality for an astute observer...

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If we don’t who does? 

Being a member does not mean a thing.

Here's an analogy for you. When you see the forest, do you just see the trees or do you appreciate the tress, their leaves, their texture and the way the light hits the foliage?

What you see and what you hear are intertwined. Develop one and you'll develop the other.

As Miller mentioned, it's all about the details.

jerryg:

I did not read the article, just responded your brief Cliff Notes of such.

DeKay

Do we really know what was heard in the recording studio? Mastering studio?

Not sure live performances/instruments are too helpful for end listeners building systems. While there are certainly benefits to hearing un-amplified live, there seems little gained in correlating the two. I guess he's alluding to the often used system evaluation, "that sounds live." 

His point: "....In short, you need to know what music sounds like if you're going to try to effectively reproduce it." I disagree. Maybe for recording engineers.

Make a search and read: the word to search for is "acoustic" the second word "psycho-acoustic"...

If you dont have any experience and fresh remembering about instrument timbre, if you dont learn how to perceive his micro-structure in space, how do you test by listening experiments your room?

Do you think like most that the sound comme from the gear in an immaculate conception OUT of ANY ROOM ?

His point: "....In short, you need to know what music sounds like if you’re going to try to effectively reproduce it." I disagree. Maybe for recording engineers.