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Sat front row at the symphony...

Yesterday, I got to sit in the front row to hear the Pittsburgh Symphony do Beethoven's Piano Concerto no 1 and the Shostakovich Symphony no 10.  I know we all talk about audio gear here, but I have to tell you, sitting in the best seat in the house (Heinz Hall) was an amazing audio experience.  I'm not sure the best audio gear in the world can quite match it.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I was mesmerized by the acoustics of the hall and the dynamics of one of the world's best orchestras.

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hilde45
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Front row at our hall is terrible compared to further back. Indeed, tix are cheaper up front.

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hilde45
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+1 @ghdprentice

The “best” seats in the house for sound are typically reported as the 7th row center.

To give an example -- in Denver’s hall, Orchestra 1, the closer rows, are $82 each, Orchestra 2, what you’re describing, are $145, and Orchestra 3, further back, are $122. This coincides with both improved sight lines and acoustics.

Glad you were able to see my point. Not everyone has a bulb which lights.

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@grislybutter 

Many of these comments however have the "I have the tickets to the best seats, let me lecture you how wrong you are" vibe. Of course you can't prove intent so you can always say that I am just imagining the vibe.

I think that's a fair point, but it seems a bit "snowflakey" when someone jumps in on behalf of the OP to shriek "you brutes"  and then get posts deleted. I mean, let the OP interpret and react first, and if there's a pile on, well, ok, maybe there needs to be a defense. Otherwise, it's just trolling by other means. I mean, this is audio -- we should be able to converse with a bit rough and tumble that isn't immediately conflated with "abuse."

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