Wolf, for example, in recent years I have attended live events at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, Rams HEad live in Annapolis Maryland, and Fedex field in DC all of which had excellent sound that I found to be useful as a reference myself. Also the occasional local band in a nearby unknown pub.
I am a paying customer only, so I only get to do it a few times a year, not on a regular basis. I suspect that there is overkill at some point in terms of how often listening to live music is actually useful as an ear training experience, but I think it is up until the point where the ears become well trained already as a result.
Also lots of events mostly in other venues that were more examples of bad rather than good sound.
All these experiences have helped me to be able to recognize what good sound is, at least to me, as well as bad. All useful training for my ears.
I am a paying customer only, so I only get to do it a few times a year, not on a regular basis. I suspect that there is overkill at some point in terms of how often listening to live music is actually useful as an ear training experience, but I think it is up until the point where the ears become well trained already as a result.
Also lots of events mostly in other venues that were more examples of bad rather than good sound.
All these experiences have helped me to be able to recognize what good sound is, at least to me, as well as bad. All useful training for my ears.