Posted by observer on February 17, 2003 at 13:16:28:
' not particularly "deep thoughts" but...
Has it occurred to anyone else that 
 Rock concerts sound like crap when compared to rock recordings, but at the concerts they employ "smoke and mirrors" try to make up for it. 
whereas
 Symphony concerts sound much better than symphony recordings, even though the recordings often employ "smoke and mirrors." 
??