Quote Originally Posted by tube fan View Post
You are missing the whole point of hi-end audio: reproduction of what you would hear live and unamplified.
its certainly not the point for me ...

i want to hear an artists work that comes out of the studio. this is usually where the creative process first comes into fruition and what comes out of the studio is usually the best sound quality that can be had of the recorded work. after that process, yes recordings of live performances can be very rewarding, but it takes a rare live recording that can match the sound quality of a competently executed studio recording.

besides, the re-creation of live, acoustic, un-amplified sound via a recording is fantasy... cant be done with todays technology and every recording requires amplification to be heard anyway.