Quest to achieve live sound


I have often found myself at concerts where JBLs are used for sound. Yet I have spent a whole lot of money over the years investing in high end when perhaps a set of Peevey's or similar PA speakers would have been enough to get me closer to the holy grail. Any comments or similar feelings of other members?
americanindubai
"Hire a band" - Ncarv, for the cost of some audio gear one can hire symphony orchestra many times.
Sitting at a live event not only amplifies the sound but also it's size. If it's philharmonic, the band shell magnifies the entire presence by design. P.A. sound is not the goal in achieving what I think we're after. To achieve what Apachef1 suggests is not to achieve "live" sound but reality. In setting up my system, this is always what my goal has been, to make it sound "real". And that "must" mean to sound "unpre-amplified" but amplified for the first time by my system. This requires extremely accurate speakers and especially a very fast amp. and probably vinyl.
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