If you're listening to most professional live sets that has amplifiers you're listening to something that went through "capture and playback end to end". Loads

If you're listening to most professional live sets that has amplifiers you're listening to something that went through "capture and playback end to end". Loads of boards are digital these days, and you're probably going to be altering the mix and EQ and going through compressors and all kinds of stuff in between.