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I have to disagree. When listening to a recording, you hear all the music. A more fitting analogy would be tasting and eating the food without seeing the chef p

I have to disagree. When listening to a recording, you hear all the music. A more fitting analogy would be tasting and eating the food without seeing the chef prepare it.

nkuttler 12y ago
No audio system comes close to sitting in front of a symphony orchestra with a hundred or more different sound sources.
- oalders 12y ago
  This is absolutely correct, but for choral music Janet Cardiff's 40 Part Motet might actually come close. http://www.cardiffmiller.com/artworks/inst/motet.html http://www.cardiffmiller.com/artworks/inst/motet.html
  - rspeer 12y ago
    Better than close. When in real life would you get to hear a choir of that caliber, and just walk into the middle of them singing?
    - oalders 12y ago
      Yes, I suppose that's usually frowned upon during the performance. :)