To ACTUALLY perfectly reproduce a live orchestra is TOTALLY 100% impossible. Just as a television cannot create a living person. I my opinion the "GOAL" of home audio is to recreate as closely as possible the sound that the recording engineer hears during a LIVE session via the booth amplifiers and speakers. This is called "LIVE FEED". The live microphone passes thru playback amplifiers and speakers only; NO mixing boards or recording devices, or miles of cables, thousands of electrical components and connectors. This live studio playback type of sound is the same quality as you can hear when there is a live radio or TV program that has an in studio musician playing. The sound is clear, direct, with PACE, rythym, great dynamic range, without wow and flutter and a certain live "something" that is found in only the finest audio gear like Shroeder tonearms, SET amps, Supratek preamp, and high efficiency single frame full range speakers (Lowther). LIVE FEED is the goal and highest standard of comparison. Only the simplest (fewest components) and highest quality playback equipment can achievt this goal.
