Immersive Audio and How to Achieve It

I think the premise of this discourse is flawed. Live venues attempt to create balanced & even sound throughout the venue for as many people as possible which is why the line array was developed & generally works pretty well. The digital amps used for these are designed for huge power, low Heat production & durability w/ actual sound quality an after thought at least at he standards most here expect although this is a different subject. Most of these set ups sound, hard, harsh, & very fatiguing in my experience.

A really good, two channel home system can .reproduce a large, deep, detailed soundstage w/ great dynamics & sound better than most live venues at least fior amplified music. Maybe a sub is required to really do the job for some speakers  & systems. 

More speakers & electronics etc is just more, not necessarily better. 
 

For movies / home theater, I get multiple channels immersing you in sound. I saw the new Mission Impossible last night.  Pretty good overall as usual w/ bullets flying all around, car chases, moving trains etc sound on many channels all over the place is fun & makes sense. None of that is true for watching live music. The stage & performers don’t move & neither does the audience. 

Everyone needs some “new & different” to sell more equipment & more music sources ( this is often for convenience). I get it, it’s called business.. The really good turntables & R2R decks, virtually 100 year old technology, are still thee best, most natural sources for recorded music but can get pricey. I really do enjoy my Innuos server & it’s so fun dialing up virtually anything I want on Qobuz. Fantastic technology! I’m not stuck in my old ways but also not on highly processed, multi channel sound for home music listening.