Nucore Cathedral Sound Room Treatments
One of my favorite Charles Rodrigues cartoons, originally published in <I>Stereo Review</I> and reprinted in the book <I>Total Harmonic Distortion</I> (Perfectbound Press, 1988), shows a customer in the soundroom of an audio dealer, auditioning a pair of speakers. This is no ordinary soundroom: the floor, walls, and ceiling are completely covered with irregularly shaped boxes, apparently an extreme form of acoustical treatment. The salesman is saying, "Of course, you realize that it won't sound exactly the same in your living room, sir..."