In article , John Phillips
writes
On 2007-07-22, tony sayer wrote:
...
And the RAH isn't the -best- acoustic around...

When did the flying saucers go up? I started regularly visiting the RAH
in the late 1970s or early 1980s. I did know the hall's reputation but
I never found it that bad. I have a feeing the acoustic treatment may
have been there aleady when I first went.

Sometime in the late 60'd IIRC!...


I had been used to the intimacy of the Turner Sims concert hall in
Southampton so the RAH was clearly not the same. However BBC does a
very good job of getting the best out of the RAH, IME.

Yes in the main they so tho its quite a job to record the Organ well..


I've had mostly stalls seats at the RAH. Some of those do provide a
slightly strange audio perspective [1], especially compared to the Royal
Festival Hall (now re-opened with its new acoustics). But I have only
visited the RFH occasionally.


Depends theres a good old echo in the circle..

[1] But not as strange as the seats right up at the top. Promenading in
the gallery presumably is even stranger.


Not been up there, isn't that the place to go if you've got a lady
friend?...
--
Tony Sayer