The London Sinfonietta with the Marius Nieset quintet. One honk from a tenor sax can be heard at the back of the Queen Elizabeth Hall no problem. Ditto any of the instruments. But they have a house PA there (two sets of speakers hanging from the ceiling each side of the stage, very black so they fade into the background) and everyone plugs in. So we're not really hearing the sound of the band on the stage. We're hearing the sound of the band picked up by mics, processed and amplified.
My hi-fi has a clearer sound and better soundstaging than the QEH's PA. Maybe than the QEH acoustically. Though we would never know.
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