Should Room Acoustics be an Audiogon ‘topic’?

I vote no because while I agree that it is an important issue, acoustics is a technical subject beyond the scope of forums such as this one.  If I could draw an analogy, acoustics is a subject like circuit design.  Would it make sense to have a circuit design topic in this forum?  It would be more appropriate to visit an architecture forum.

I vote no because while I agree that it is an important issue, acoustics is a technical subject beyond the scope of forums such as this one.

This argument is prima facie false. It's based on the premise that acoustics is necessarily more technical than the other topics. But acoustics could be as basic as speaker positioning and the difference between an absorber and a diffuser or as complex as room physics. But all the other topics also span this range -- from basic to complex. Go look in other detailed discussions people have here about electronics, design, engineering, etc. On your logic, we should eliminate Speakers, Amplifiers, Vinyl and just about everything else.

Yes. 

I also vote Yes. Why? Because the acoustics of the room are part of what we listen to. Often important. Good speakers should interact well with the room. The sound from the room, interacting with the speakers, should not harm the sound, and if possible, make the music sound even better. Acoustics is no more or less 'technical' than other audiogon topics. So this objection is dismissed, and I say, yes welcome to an acoustics forum.

@hilde45  

@o_holter 

+1

This subject is the next frontier. It will vastly improve what people hear.