[inference-lord]

What does this have to do with it?

[vczf]

I'm speculating that one would have more mirror neuron activation watching a person perform live, compared to listening to a recording or watching a video. Thus the missing component that makes live performance special.

[rightbyte]

The sound feels present with live music. Speakers have this synthetic far away feel no matter how good they are.

[tzs]

What about live music on non-acoustic instruments so it inherently comes through a speaker?

[inference-lord]

My son isn't even a toddler so I don't think it would possibly be "mirror neurons".