With regard to live sound, nothing put down on record is ever the sound of 'live' - at best it is the sound of two microphones being hit with the sound going through a particular place in a room. Ears are different to microphones and of course we 'hear' or at least experience sound with our whole bodies.

Then, the microphones are rarely anywhere where we could naturally place ourselves at the gig.

Most people do seem to mention comparing music to live and it's just a daft notion in my view, one kind of steeped in an idealism or even a slight poncy notion.

Of course, the sound 'event' we create at home is then something we respond to live.