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    It is not the case that Loudspeakers produce numerically distinct sound events from the original source event, so the hearer perceives a different sound, not the original one.

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    • 1.Numerical distinctness of physical events doesn't entail distinctness of what is perceived; we perceive the musical work, not sound-waves-in-themselves.
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    • 2.Reproduction systems can preserve the perceptually relevant acoustic properties that constitute hearing 'the same sound' in ordinary meaning.
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    • 3.The claim conflates identity of the sound source with identity of the sound experienced; these are distinct properties with different criteria.
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    • 1.Numerical identity requires spatiotemporal continuity; loudspeaker sound occurs at a different location and time than the original source event.
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    • 2.Sound waves from loudspeakers have different physical properties (frequency response, phase relationships) than the original source's waves.
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    • 3.If two events are numerically distinct, perceiving one cannot be perceiving the other, regardless of causal or qualitative similarity.
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