Mixing in acoustically dead rooms complicates translation to lively home listening

Evidence

Another criticism that has been voiced by some is that sound engineers working in a non-environment have the additional difficulty of translating what they hear in a dead space, where they are mixing, to the livelier acoustic of typical domestic listening environments. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 332

Categorization

  • XREF: The translation problem connects to the book’s broader theme of reconciling room acoustics with loudspeaker neutrality and to the earlier discussion of the listening room’s influence.