System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live


My current stereo system consists of Oracle turntable with SME IV tonearm, Dynavector XV cartridge feeding Manley Steelhead and two Snappers monoblocks  running 15" Tannoy Super Gold Monitors. Half of vinyl records are 45 RMP and were purchased new from Blue Note, AP, MoFI, IMPEX and some others. While some records play better than others none of them make my system sound as good as a live band I happened to see yesterday right on a street. The musicians played at the front of outdoor restaurant. There was a bass guitar, a drummer, a keyboard and a singer. The electric bass guitar was connected to some portable floor speaker and drums were not amplified. The sound of this live music, the sharpness and punch of it, the sound of real drums, the cymbals, the deepness, thunder-like sound of bass guitar coming from probably $500 dollars speaker was simply mind blowing. There is a lot of audiophile gear out there. Some sound better than others. Have you ever listened to a stereo system that produced a sound that would make you believe it was a real live music or live band performance at front of you?

 

esputnix

No stereo can truly reproduce the dynamics and volume of live as @lewm states above. If you like how your system sounds stick with it chasing "live" sound is a losing battle. And @atmasphere That literally made me laugh out loud thank you.

Yes, if you go with all pro equipment that is designed to play live and loud sounds good for music and okay for everything else, but for music nothing beats the pro lines of products, have to know what you’re buying because there are also some scams but not as much as in the home hifi for I hear most systems can’t play loud so I would like to know where is the worth in a system that can’t play loud. For a system that can play loud can also play low so kudos for if you want live sound you need to go with live equipment 

I hate live music, I hate crowds, I would have PTSD if my system resembled live too much

I have heard the Great MBL 101  speakers and  electronics ,it is better then many live events I have been to !!