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Originally Posted by barryem
I have. Many times. And I've listened to music in person which is even better. I also listen on my original Amazon Echo, which has a single half way decent speaker. I listened recently to Earl Wild playing a few short piano pieces on the Echo and it was, as you say, an amazing experience. One I get to repeat at my leisure.
Every little nuance is nice but not really everything. I have a CD of Glen Gould playing Bach's Goldberg Variations and with my best earphones I can hear him muttering to himself as he plays. With the Echo I just hear him play. How much am I missing? 
I'd rather hear a good performance on a mediocre player than a mediocre performance on a good player. Yes, if both are good that's nicer by maybe 5%. Who cares! Either pales in comparison to being in the same room while he's playing the piano.
Barry |
I had the good fortune of listening to the world premier of Philip Glass's Itaipu, performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus back in the late 80's (at that time, the ASO and Chorus was considered one of the best in the world for choral works). I also have that performance on CD (technically I think they recorded it over a 3 day period). It's pretty difficult to capture the live experience, perhaps as much because of the acoustics as anything else. Few of us have a living room with the same acoustical qualities as a major symphony hall.