JohnK has a good point. Even the best surround system is hard pressed to duplicate the sound and ambiance created by the size and shape of a concert hall.

That being said, my local orchestra hall was remodeled many years before I started going there to add more capacity and they totally wrecked the acoustic design that they worked hard on when it was first built. Even as a newb I could tell it sounded flat and I'm probably in a rare minority where I enjoy 'the sound of' classical music more on my home system than I do at the live hall.


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