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> have you ever walked by a bunch of musical sound coming out of a room and thought to yourself, "wow, those live musicians sound great" only to discover it was

by enneff 9y ago

> have you ever walked by a bunch of musical sound coming out of a room and thought to yourself, "wow, those live musicians sound great" only to discover it was just a stereo playing? Yes, I have. With the right combination of speaker setups and hi fi recordings, it is possible to fool yourself into believing there are musicians there.

arrrvalue 9y ago
Note that sitting in front of a speaker setup playing a carefully selected recording is not the same as the scenario above. We do not yet have the technology to fool someone walking by a room, especially for orchestral works or even an acoustic drum kit.
- enneff 9y ago
  But I have experienced exactly this. Not an orchestra, but a recording of a band. I guess you can split hairs about the definition of "fool", but I have been fooled as you describe.
  - arrrvalue 9y ago
    Well that's exciting then! What was the setup??