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does a stereo system sound like live music ?

i believe that a stereo system recreates about 10 % of what a live orchestra sounds like.

therefore, i also believe that a $350 Brookstone personal stereo based on the nxt technology sounds closer to most stereo systems, at any cost, than most stereo systems do when reproducing the sound of an orchestra.
mrtennis
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gawdbless
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I enjoy music on whatever equipment whether it be a walkman, car stereo, dvd player through the tv! Right now as I type I am listening to music through a cheap Creative pc speakers set up. Very enjoyable. But when the big system gets turned on....Bliss.
I do enjoy my 10%.
Ps Mrtennis, out of interest how do you get to a figure of 10%?
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the reference to 10 percent was based upon an article i had read in either absolute sound or stereophile.
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You could be correct with the 10%, I would say judging by some of the Orchestral music I have heard live 10% maybe a little on the conservative side especially with the likes Elgars 'Pomp and Circumstance'.......The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
Yes a hi-fi system can't compete with an orchestra.
But then again if you put your ears against my speakers and I turn the wick up, it will sound louder to you than any Orchestra even if you were sitting in the front row !!! lol
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