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  1. as a former musician and avid attendant to many live shows in the bay area in the sixties and seventies, i witnessed the birth of the concert sound we're all so accustomed to..bands like the grateful dead, steely dan, pink floyd, the tubes and more all not only improved on their tune structure from a 4 minute radio tune to an adventure that rarely made it to vinyl because you could only get so much music on one side of an lp. so you had to attend a concert to find out just what the bands were all about...but to the point, the sound quality improved so much with the advent of a sound board with an audience sound system and the band with their own stage monitors...a far cry from a backdrop of fenders or marshalls all individually controlled..hit a show with more than two bands and you had to expect a few hours of equipment changes and glitches and finally the test test 1,2,3,4 test test...i do miss those days but not the miss balance between players although a live show is, if you like the band a good show no matter what..when the lp's, cassettes, 4 and 8 track cartridges and finally cd's got bought by us because of those great concerts we attended finally got home and played, you never knew if this was an lp with 2 to 4 good tracks or a one hit wonder...for me it's the music and how it takes me in or leaves me flat...i love that live sound and if the band goes for audiophile level quality like the dead...it changes you for a little while at least..<br /> for me it's all about the sound experience...one of my favorite concert memories was robin trower and the bridge of sighs tune..that tune was so good that it was used as an inbetweener between bands for so many shows i went attended but to this day i've yet to hear a good vinyl version that gives me that concert feeling..i spent decades saving my money and upgrading my gear to where now i have a system that takes me to the reality of a good show..bose type gear doesn't cut it in this realm...compressed cd's and bad engineering no matter how nostalgic the tune just don't cut it...my system cost a ton but like my home...it's really worth nothing as i'm keeping it and my lp's no matter how valuable according to some value book are also of no value unless they give me that live sound...the adventure for me has and will always be finding that recording that takes you to the show...i'm a brand new member on this site and appreciate all of you as fellow audiodudes that appreciate good music...cheers dusty akers bc canada
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