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Line Array VS Traditional Box Speakers, Why not just get the line array ?

I am sure this question has been posed many times over but I am curious as to response from the current active crew here.   Since I attend live music on pretty much a weekly basis for the most part I always come away with the same.  I actually need that line array at home thought.  Even if its not the band but the music between sets , I still need that line array.

We all spend good money on trying to recreate the live sound at home.  Why not use the same pro gear that bands do, DJs, Clubs etc...for a fraction of the cost of some of the crazy systems you guys have.  I have heard systems that cost ungodly amounts of money and no home system at any amount of investment that I have heard truly sounds like the real deal.  Some folks spend stupid money on AMPs, cables speakers and the sound is amazing but again it doesnt sound like it really does live.   For a fraction of the cost you  can get you the real pro AV sound.  

I look forward to the responses as I know a bunch of the cats on here are musicians as well.

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I too have been to my share of shows and I have better sound at home that probably 95%+ of the places I’ve listened to shows.  Years ago, I saw Samantha Fish doing her schtick in the middle of an outdoor art fair.  I really felt sorry for her.  She is really good and the band she had that day were tight and yet they sounded pretty bad!  Locally we have a couple of theaters and our symphony hall that need almost no amplification to sound fabulous, but it doesn’t matter what equipment or how many watts they use, an auditorium or any multipurpose building is never going to sound as good. 
 

Oh and my equipment at home is okay, but nowhere near high end.

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