High expectations when listening to an orchestra


If you listen to an orchestra and expect to hear the real thing, you’re certain to be disappointed.
There’s no way you can come close to that experience  with your equipment.  An orchestra in your listening space is an impossibility. Therefore you have to adopt a “suspension of disbelief.”  In other words, trick yourself into believing it’s the real  thing.  You have to bring your imagination to the equation.
The degree to which you can suspend your disbelief, will determine how much enjoyment you get.
Of course, the better the quality of your equipment, the closer you will come.
With lesser forces than an orchestra, such as a few instruments or solo instrument or voice, the easier it becomes to approach reality.
rvpiano

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More alcohol, better illegal (or not) 'stimulants'....

Just kidding (maybe, but...)... ;)

Look, your audio gear can only take you so far.  How much you've invested, how anal you've been in selection of same, how carefully you've prep'd your listening environment...

You'll be either delighted or dismayed....same old, same old.
And it seems to play out with one's mood as well.
But, I'm just a weird heretic....subject to illusion delusions...;)