Genius in sound

Symphony Hall in Boston, said to have the best acoustics of any major performance venue in America and to be one of the three best in the world.

Symphony Hall in Boston, said to have the best acoustics of any major performance venue in America and to be one of the three best in the world.

"We did experiments with the Boston Symphony for many years where we measured the angles of incidence of sound arriving at the ears of the audience, then took the measurements back to MIT and analyzed them.''

-- Amar Bose

Mr. Bose was an American academic and entrepreneur. An electrical engineer and world-famous sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.. He was also the founder and chairman of Bose Corp.

 

 

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