Closing my eyes and being in row 15---alone
For the last 10 years or so I have been photographing the performances of the Chattanooga Symphony in a marvelous restored early 20th century movie house.
Lucky me, I get to hear music live and get paid for the trouble.
I want my little system to come as close as possible to what I hear from the rehearsals I get to attend.
I sit about 15 rows back, and am usually, although not always, alone in the seating area of the hall (fast, long lenses, ya know?).
Rich, brash, loud, soft, detailed, huge crescendos, and fiddles of all sizes that sound pretty much like fiddles.
Over the last 10 years my system, and quite possibly my ears have improved fairly dramatically.
I don't know which camp I fall into, but when I close my eyes in my listening room things are much closer to row 15 than they have ever been...and nobody is rattling paper, coughing or shuffling around in the seat next to me.
Audio Art indeed!!!!:)