| Jarek, something we can't get around is the power involved in live Music. It is what it is, so if we want "live music" in our listening room, we have to simulate that power in "open space" in order to be able to hear the play of differences that describe a particular musical event. Of course we can't really re-create a symphony with our hi-fi, especially if we have to "keep it down" (as lots of people do...). Of course, we settle for less in any case, and we wind up trying to bring across the Music with "tricks". I am not sure what it would take to get, say, a "live harpsichord" sound in a small, problematic listening room using a pair of vintage Tannoy reds as my main cue, regardless of other stuff going on in the room. The end-game of "near field listening" is headphones. That's what I use at night, in my room. I crank it up in my listening room. |
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