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Yes, it's an illusion - just like listening to almost all sound is an illusion! The brain does remarkable "fill-in" work - which is why when we leave a room where a real piano is being played, and keep listening to that instrument as we do so, that there is a continuity in what is heard. The actual acoustic information hitting the ear as we do so goes topsy-turvy, the correlation between the in-room and just outside sound information is dramatically different. But our minds hear it as seamless ...
But if we do the same thing with a typical audio system playing a piano recording at similar sound levels, the discrepancy is quite marked. The outside impression can be pretty awful, the mind is struggling to register a decent fit ...
Competent systems don't have that problem - the transition when going to another room is as fluid as for the "real thing".
Regarding the cables, you're getting confused again - a system part is, part of what makes the whole operate correctly - if the part is not up to scratch the system suffers; if a replacement part happens to mitigate a problem elsewhere the system may now be good enough. If someone wants to charge a ridiculous amount for that part, and others are willing to pay it, that's another issue ...
But if we do the same thing with a typical audio system playing a piano recording at similar sound levels, the discrepancy is quite marked. The outside impression can be pretty awful, the mind is struggling to register a decent fit ...
Competent systems don't have that problem - the transition when going to another room is as fluid as for the "real thing".
Regarding the cables, you're getting confused again - a system part is, part of what makes the whole operate correctly - if the part is not up to scratch the system suffers; if a replacement part happens to mitigate a problem elsewhere the system may now be good enough. If someone wants to charge a ridiculous amount for that part, and others are willing to pay it, that's another issue ...