“It’s pure psychoacoustics.” - Tuning a Room

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pretty good article today ...

Sound, the Way the Brain Prefers to Hear It


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/sc...ewanted=1&_r=1

and another:

Why Are Good Speakers So Damn Expensive These Days?

http://hometheaterreview.com/why-are...ve-these-days/

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Interesting articles. Thanks for the links.

But:

Andrew Turner, pointed out that there was no bass when the volume was low. He flicked a switch and the bass returned, enriching the music with startling effect. “At the concert itself, where there was a big room with a lot of high-volume sound, you could hear the low tones,” he said. “But here in the studio, your brain is filtering them out as irrelevant at low volume. So you have to restore them.
“It’s pure psychoacoustics.”

It's also pure Fletcher-Munson . . . from nearly 80-years ago. Did these guys throw out every bit of research before theirs so they could entirely reinvent the wheel??