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Concert Hall? Or Dedicated Listening Room?

Maybe I missed them, but the last time I was in Carnegie Hall or the Metropolitan Opera House, I didnt notice any tube traps, foam rubber panels, high margin, pillow like things in the corners of the ceiling or Michael Green passing out business cards during intermission.

So as I start to contemplate my next listening room, I am wondering:

Are any of the principles of great concert halls relevant to good sound in a more domesticated listening room environment?

Other than size, is there some reason we shouldnt compare these two environments?

Albeit on a smaller scale, could we build a mini "hall" using the principles of great concert hall design, put the front end in the engineers area, and just set our big giant high end speakers on a small "stage"?

Or am I missing something?

Beyond great sound, I would rather my listening/living room look more like some of the beautifully designed halls I have seen, than a rubber walled, geeked out recording studio.

Just a thought on a wintery day.....
cwlondon

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inpepinnovations1e75
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Gs5556, I think that, in fact, the best sounding concert halls are rectilinear, i.e. the famous "shoe-box" configuration. They are, for the most part, smaller than the halls to which you have referred. Fan type halls are constructed that way as a means to get more people in the hall and not have them too far from the performers and therefore suffer acoustic problems that need to be corrected by all of those devices that you see in those halls.
Bob P.
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