When did you ever hear a system sound so life-like


I am sure this has happened to so many of us, entering a room where the music sounds so damn close to live to discover it is an audio system.
What were the speakers and source?
If it's your own system mention the purchase that made the difference.
pedrillo
Pedrillo, when you live it, whatever notions you had before are erased. I think that is why it comes off creepy- you **know** that it isn't real, assume that it can never **sound** real, so when it does it can be a bit freaky.

FWIW we did exactly as you described at THE Show a few weeks ago with VMPS Audio. We had live musicians, recorded them and then played back in the same space.

Having worked with live recordings a lot over the years, its the media that has the most limitation- certainly far more than amps, speakers and microphones, as flawed as they can be a live microphone feed sounds very real.
John Atkinson of Stereophile fame recently undertook an analysis of the sound of a recorded piano recital and THE live recital itself. He wrote about his experience and conclusions in the Feb issue of Stereophile. Interesting reading even if the conclusion would seem obvious.
I hear it every time I put on a cd.Eric Clapton Unplugged.If you were to sit down and close your eyes,It would be easy to see yourself there.live, front and center. .Allman bros @Fillmore East.another cd that sounds incredible.BE THERE (demo cd usher).so crisp , so clear.
the pieces are 79dvideck modded ,the AXIOM pass/pre w/cad upgrade.supra 1.6 speaker& link 100 rca.KG4,s,however during repair,a $50 pair of manchester,4 speaker floor standers w blown surrounds,sound pretty good,almost life like