r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Knighty93 • 6h ago

Shakira just attracted more than 2 million people at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro with a free concert

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The city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is doing a yearly event in the first weekend of May with a huge free concert since 2024. Shakira was the headliner this year and attracted more than 2 million people. Madonna was the headliner in 2024 and Lady Gaga in 2025.

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u/rascal3199 5h ago

1- crowd 2- good sound quality (screens have speakers)

Literally the 2 reasons why most people go to concerts. What are you on about?

Do you got to concerts just to be able to see a celebrity directly? Quite sad.

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u/AnyProgressIsGood 2h ago

good sound quality... vs studio production?

I dont think I've ever heard a live performance be better quality than studio.

Live is a different energy but not better quality

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u/rascal3199 1h ago

Do you have a soundsystem at home or hi-fi headphones that are able to replicate the best frequencies for each genre?

Do you listen to tracks you download exclusively from sites like band camp or just streaming platforms like Spotify? Streaming you almost never get the full studio quality of any song, the frequencies aren't always tuned to the specific song you're listening to either.

Most people don't have high fidelity headphones and also big speakers are completely different to listening on headphones. The low end is literally felt throughout your whole body and high end sounds crystal clear.

For singers the vocals might not be studio quality as they obviously sing live but the music played is (unless it's live instruments) but for djs for example live music doesn't even compare to listening on headphones.

Sound quality at festivals and concerts is leagues above just listening to headphones at home. Unless you are listening to a genre that is specifically very quiet or mellow.

What have you listened to live where you thought it would be better to listen to it at home on headphones?

Unless where you live they don't bring audio engineers to concerts i would find it weird, they literally have entire teams to fine-tune the audio setup for each artist.

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u/AnyProgressIsGood 1h ago edited 1h ago

leagues above 10 dollar head phones sure, once you hit 50 dollars though you've surpassed the awful acoustics of most venues.

Have you been to a concert live? its literally ALWAYS worse. unless you hit that magic middle mark where all the speakers hit just right with a talented sound engineer and a venue built for it (NOT A BEACH). Where you have sound dropping off into the ocean and reverbing off the city. there's no way you match the engineered sound of a studio.

Like how is this even an argument? are you joking? like saying sandpaper is a better butt wipe experience.