Sat front row at the symphony...

@grislybutter 

Many of these comments however have the "I have the tickets to the best seats, let me lecture you how wrong you are" vibe. Of course you can't prove intent so you can always say that I am just imagining the vibe.

I think that's a fair point, but it seems a bit "snowflakey" when someone jumps in on behalf of the OP to shriek "you brutes"  and then get posts deleted. I mean, let the OP interpret and react first, and if there's a pile on, well, ok, maybe there needs to be a defense. Otherwise, it's just trolling by other means. I mean, this is audio -- we should be able to converse with a bit rough and tumble that isn't immediately conflated with "abuse."

@hilde45 I agree, the lines are fuzzy. What's advice to one person may be insult to another.

@nicotico

Very wide range or even more omnidirectional speakers like Ohm Walsh would fill that space more like live instruments than most more directional designs. It’s what they do and why people like them. 

Yes, very front row is good but not best unless you like wide soundstages or looking up violinists' armpits.

I would say 7 to 10 rows back.

And although OP specifies an orchestral concert, in a piano concerto it is good to side halfway to the left, on the 'keyboard side' so you can watch the pianist working.

I once had front row center seats to a Peter Tosh concert.  Not only could I feel the intensity of the show, I could smell it too! 😎  There is something to be said about sitting so close.....you really feel as one with the performers.  I can only imagine a symphony to be much more intense.