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Concert hall designers generally aim for acoustics that satisfy experts, but a move is afoot to also consider the tastes of other concertgoers
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Add CommentEven when among non-professionals of performing music, many "music gourmets" exist, able to appreciate a good musician and the quality of sound in an individual concert hall, those better in condition to appreciate the quality of the performance of a certain player and of a concert hall are other players of music, their ears are educated to perceive details most will miss, the people "lay in music" has many ways to modify the features of the sound that reaches their ears, for example equalizers that do adapt the sound of music reproduction devices to the room they are placed and to the taste of the equipment owner, so better let's experts take decisions in the field of their expertise.
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