An MP3 is certainly NOT enough to give you the TRUE live sound of any arranger (there, bet you thought I'd never say that!) but it is certainly enough to get you within 95% or more of what the real thing sounds like.

Unfortunately, that 5% or less of improvement isn't enough to turn something altogether unimpressive into something that IS (Wersi, for instance)...

And neither is it enough to justify an additional $15,000 in price (Atelier).

There is such a thing as diminishing returns.

Look, I have a huge MP3 collection. Mostly ripped at either 192 or 256kbps. And there isn't a single tune in there that sounds very different from the original. There isn't a single BAD tune in there that isn't a BAD tune in its' original form. And there isn't a single good tune in CD form that isn't a good tune in its' MP3 version.

I am afraid you are grasping at straws.