Stewart Pinkerton wrote in
:

My point was that *from that perspective*, musicians have no special
standing, indeed you could certainly argue that their notion of
correct sound balance is highly skewed by all the time they spend in
the *wrong* place.

funny that they manage to achieve this correct sound balance, even though
they're not in the "right" place.

how DO they do that?

And no, an orchestra doesn't rely on a sound engineer to balance their
sound. Neither do most jazz combos. Yet from their *wrong* place, they
can make it sound GOOD where you're sitting.

Amazing, isnt' it? It's almost like they know what they're doing.

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stealthaxe