I propbably had great expectations from the article quoted above. Like getting more details. But I guess you have to pay for that in consultancy fees. Nothing is really free.
I agree with some assertions that a listening room is perfect as far as the listener's expectations are concerned. Each would be different. I personallly would add that a listening room should consider the dispersion traits of the chosen speakers. More than anything, a great listening room is a function of room-speaker interaction. I would add, room-speaker-ear interaction.
I find it a little unnecessary to have a room dedicated for specific musical genres. How the music was captured in the recording process bears no relationship with home reproduction. The two are entirely separate and independent. The microphones and the recording consoles are meant to capture not only the diect sounds of a performance but the ambiances as well. In studio recording, these are aritficially added in the mix. Hence, the recorded information contains the room size and accoustic conditions, if implicitly, in which the performance was recorded.
Reproducing these captured sounds and ambiances at home requires nothing less than the most transparent, neutral and accurate gears - from players to speakers. And the perfect listening room iwould have accoustic properties that will not alter those sounds coming from the speakers before they reach the ears of the listeners. At least not in time to make any substanital alteration. Whether that happens in a small room or a big room, the important thing is that the listener, at his sweet spot, only gets the sounds as it went through the microphones. And excellent speakers are meant to do that in reverse and deliver those sounds without the aid or inhibitions of room accoustics. For me a perfect listening room is one with accoustic traits that won't alter what goes out of the speakers. At least not in time to reach the ears.
Once that is done, the listener gets, apart from the musical isntruments and voices, the proper impressions of a gothic church, auditorium, an intimate jazz pub or open air performance , regardless of the room size he's in. Afterall, even a good headphone can give the impression you are listening inside a cathedral.
