[Harry Lavo]

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Harry Lavo wrote:

It is still right up there with the old Carnegie (and some would argue
also
the new Carnegie) as the best sounding in this country.

Boston Symphony Hall is generally regarded as better than Carnegie. I
think the latter gets higher marks than otherwise would be the case
because of where it's located. If Carnegie Hall were in Denver or
Kansas City instead of New York, but identical in every other way
acoustically, it would go down several notches in the eyes of many
critics or afficianados.


Well, I've heard a fair number of good halls and have never heard one better
(although Boston is as good, but "different"). But outside those two, the
others have not measured up. I would write this off to my necessarily
limited exposure relative to the number of concert halls in the country,
much less the world...except that people (musicians) with much wider
exposure than I and whose opinions I trust feel the same way.

In other words, I respectfully disagree.