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BACKGROUND1.1 The increasing sophistication of domestic hi-fr is making the public more familiar with high quality music recordings with appropriate acoustic environments selected for each recording.As the , cost of attending live performances increases relative to the cost of these recordings it beme even more important to ensure that live performances are acoustically well housed.1.2 The relative cost of new performance buildings is increasing yet the nancial strength and freedom of local authorities in Britain is diminishing and private bencfaction of thae buildings is rarely available.The capital cost of each building is such that a range of uses is now imperative.1.3 Revenue account commercial prasures require chamber orchestras to perform in large balls designed for full orchestras; orchestras have to perform in halls designed for speech; orchestras and opera companies perform to huge audiences in arenas, exhibition halls and in outdoor venues.Commercial prasures also require concert halls to serve as conference halls and even purpose built opera houses have to use the same auditorium and the same acoustic for Mozart's Casifan Tum: as for Wagner s Ring lee.
Prinssen et al. (2024) studied this question.