Home and headphone listening lacks the scientific research its prevalence warrants

Evidence

The bar-graph portrayal in Figure 3.4 could very well be wrong in detail, but there is little doubt that the trend is correct. The bulk of scientific research has been devoted to performance spaces, concert halls. A fraction of that attention has been paid to workspaces, homes, cars and headphones. However, the time spent listening in these modes shows almost the opposite trend. The circumstances within which we are primarily entertained by audio programs have not had the proportional benefit of scientific research. As a result, opinions, traditions, fashions and folklore have had and still have significant influence in these domains. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 276

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Samuel Butler-cite folklore-over-science themes and to how unregulated domains get governed by fashion—echoes the reader’s noise/soundscape books where marginal acoustic spaces are under-researched.