How much “suspension of disbelief do you need?”

I can imagine a real orchestra playing before me on many recordings (especially those with mini miking.) if I close my eyes. It isn’t a real orchestra in my listening room so much as the sound coming from a seat in the front of the balcony. At that location it isn’t so loud. After all, a lot of sound is dissipated in a large hall. I can hear the layout of the orchestra from side to side with the instruments in their proper space.
No, of course it’s not the real thing, but, it’s so close, I can trick myself into thinking I’m really there.

A longtime friend plays in a world wide band.( 40 yrs) When I get my tickets and passed ,he has us seated in front of the mixing board. Great sound!  If your system images up as well out,( Not Atmos) try Grand Funks " Caught in the Act" for a good live recording. Unspoken ,play it loud! This isn't the band he's in.

OP,

Unless your listening room is at least 50’ wide and deep, you will never correctly hear an orchestra.  The math alone gives me a headache. 
Right now I’m listening to Wayne Shorter, Piano, bass and drums. I can reach out and touch the bass, but with this particular mix, the drums and piano fill every bit of space. And that’s with only three instruments, not the appropriately one hundred in an orchestra.

Apples or oranges. Of more like apples or apple pie.

An electronic recreation of a live event, no matter how advanced, can only be that: an electronic recreation.

Sure, when good electronics, one can think of a live event but it will never be the same.

The humanness of a live performance is a “human experience”. To see, hear and relate to a real person is very different no matter what the acoustics.

To interact with a “machine” can never compare to live.

@tomic601 

. What are the SOTA upgrades ?

• spindle and bearing.
• roadrunner motor controller
• And an LPS of sorts. (240v stroll in work)

Ask me how I know?