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Your reference for "the absolute" sound?

As the magazine referred to, the absolute sound was live music.  For most great music halls the best seats were centered and depending on your preference within the first ten or so rows.  I have never been to a great live performance,  indoors or out, where the music was coming at you from the sides, the back or anywhere rather than in front of you.  But now there are systems with speakers at the sides, rear, rear center and so on.

Is the point of reference for a great stereo system more like a movie theater with "surround" sound?

I do not want to attend a live performance where the singers/players are set up like some of these "music" systems seem to want to do....the vocalist behind me, the trumpet to my left side, the base to my right side...etc. 

"is it live, or is it Memorex" or is it just garbage?  


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dramatictenor
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The absolute sound? Hmm. Hard one. But on the top of my personal list would be Sonny Rollins at the Bottom Line in Greenwich Village. He extended "Don't Stop the Carnival" for what seemed 15 minutes. I've been blessed to hear lots of great musicians, but that remains a highlight. oh yes, 15 feet from the great man's horn.

On the complete other end, when music quality was not the point, mosh diving at CBGB's with the DK's on the stage...

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