Real vs. Reproduced Sound. How Close? ..What Percentage?

[bluesman]

On 5/29/2020 at 5:20 AM, Digi&Analog Fan said:

just how close (percentage wise) does your system come to the sound quality of real music on better recordings?

This discussion is very interesting. But I submit that SQ is neither linear nor measurable because there are no direct metrics and no defined upper and lower limits.  Do we approach 100% asymptotically but never reach it?  What’s 0 - playback that’s so bad you can’t tell what instruments were recorded? so bad that you can’t tell if it’s music or random noise?
 

Even if you think 100% is a perfect creation of a live performance, getting agreement that your system does this would be difficult.  And if you have 100% at home, would you ever change a component again?

 

There’s a nice website and podcast series called musical-u that sure educates and entertains me. You all might find it enlightening too - it discusses and examines a lot that goes into our perception of sound and SQ.  There are discussions of everything from how frequencies in music determine what we hear to ear training methodology.  Try it - you might like it.