[Audio_Empire[_2_]]

On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 7:32:25 PM UTC-7, Arny Krueger wrote:
"Audio_Empire" wrote in message

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See, some things one just KNOWS aren't good either because it's
common knowledge or because they've had a related experience.
For instance, everybody has burned themselves on a stove or a
hot pot at some point. Therefore one doesn't have to actually
stick their head in a proverbial fire to know that it's not something
one would want to do.

OK

I know what a PA system sounds like, or
more precisely, I know that one doesn't sound anywhere near
as good as do the same instruments unamplified.


Unless of course the instrument can't be properly heard or won't be in
balance with the rest of the ensemble unless amplified.
I've performed this little balancing act 100s of times. Very commonly
needed.

Unless of course the room has poor acoustics and the sound system can make
some headway overcoming them.
Been there and done that too.

What you say is undoubtably true, and I don't doubt for a moment that
SR often makes the difference between a decent presentation and one
that is hopeless from the perspective of being heard by the audience.

But that's not my point at all. The reasons for SR are not really
important to me. What is important to me is that the SR exists and
thus deprives me of the experience that I want. The fact that the
venue REQUIRES it is not my problem as a attendee. I either accept the
presence of the SR or I don't. I don't. What others might do in a
situation where they are confronted by a live concert that isn't
really live is for them to decide. I've made my decision and that's
not to attend such concerts - even if they were free.