Imagine you met someone that had never before heard live, unprocessed music. This person has only heard music on a reasonably good 2 channel system in a good room.
What adjective would you use to describe how live music sounds different from reproduced music?
I'll start with "effortless."
I want to get the following out of the way before we talk about something new and interesting on this forum. This way nobody needs to guess where I am coming from:
Digital
Windows
PCM
NOS DACs
Ladder DACs
No pre-amp
Microphone and DRC can help
Room treatments can help
Dedicated room...