Records capture hall reverberation, so home rooms need not add any

Evidence

In sound reproduction, the essential hall reverberation is captured in the recording, so nothing additional is required. Typical reverberation times for domestic listening rooms and recording control rooms are 0.2–0.4 s. The reverberation in classical recordings completely overpowers that of the listening room. … From this it is clear that a well-furnished domestic room can be a good basis for a listening environment, without additional acoustical devices. — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 1123

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the premise of the reader’s ‘Grafting & Growth’ infrastructure piece indirectly via built-environment-as-infrastructure theme, but more directly to the larger soundscape/silence work already in the library. — connects to: Recording room acoustic variations cause the circle of confusion; Hall reverberation cloaks loudspeaker defects in live-versus-reproduced demonstrations — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 398; Anechoic chambers misrepresent how loudspeakers sound in normal rooms — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 872 (+1 more)
• SHARE: A good passing fact for anyone into hi-fi: a fully furnished living room is already an acoustically ideal listening room — no acoustic panels needed.

Broader Connections

• Hall reverberation cloaks loudspeaker defects in live-versus-reproduced demonstrations #corroborates (0.80) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 398
• Recording room acoustic variations cause the circle of confusion #corroborates (0.75)
• Anechoic chambers misrepresent how loudspeakers sound in normal rooms #corroborates (0.75) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 872