[Trevor]

On 11/04/2019 8:34 am, geoff wrote:
Yes sad indeed. And also that many have never heard a purely acoustic
performance - without microphones and PA speakers. And many don't even
realise that such musical expression exists !

Even sadder when people claim listening to an acoustic performance in a
good concert hall is nirvana, without ever acknowledging how different
it sounds in the front row Vs the back row, somewhere in the middle, or
the conductors position! And that's without comparing the same orchestra
playing the same piece in a completely different hall. I always laugh
when people think there is some TRUE sound that must be obtained, rather
than simply enjoy the music. Sometimes it's hard to enjoy if the sound
is absolutely terrible, but much of the time it's just different.