Eli5 Why is it so easy for us to tell the difference between a real voice and a recording of a voice?

Question

For example, how do our ears easily discern that someone talking in a room is actually there vs the dialogue coming from a television is not physically there?

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Answer 1

That depends on the mix of the recording and the quality of the speakers.

I’m a sound engineer, and I can tell you that there are a LOT of techniques to get things to sound exactly how you want.