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This issue of acoustics always seems to come up. You'd think we would have this sorted out by now, since we've been building music halls for hundreds of years. Are we trying to build them too big? Too cheap?

There have been many positive articles... example:

https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/elbphilharmonie-eroeffnungsfes...

If a consensus does eventually form around the acoustics, it'll be interesting to see what they do about it and how long it will take them to implement a fix.

The Sydney Opera House was likewise ambitious, iconic, stupidly expensive, and with famously bad acoustics. They are only now, decades later, being fixed for a hefty price: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-11/sydney-opera-house-con...

It seems to be too good, making the sounds too crisp and technical, rather than having a comfortable reverb that one can relax into.