In article , Mr.T
MrT@home.? scribeth thus

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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Yep!, it does you good to get out more .. the sounds I've heard this
Proms season bear little resemblance to what I expect to hear at home
being more distant in overall balance...

Which of course depends hugely on where you are sitting in the concert hall
relative to the recording mics, and the acoustics of the concert hall itself
relative to your listening room. Not to mention the performance of your
speakers, and the ability of the recording engineer.

MrT.



And the fact that the radio broadcast mikes are slung up over the
audience where its a tad difficult to get a seat

I take on board what you say re location but I think that most mics are
in un-natural locations..

As witnessed occasionally, as part of the day job I have to maintain
some radio broadcast equipment at Ely Cathedral and sometimes stop for
choral evensong if its that time of the day, and its a good stress
buster too;!. That always sounds more distant then whatever I'd hear at
home no matter where I can practically sit!....
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Tony Sayer