Hi Don: That's a matter of opinion, whether you prefer subway rumble with your recordings. ;) I wouldn't call Kingsway "better," but there were very good recordings made there, particularly by Decca during their fewer-microphones days. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Cox" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Old Mercury recording venue gets a rebuild > On 19/03/2014, Tom Fine wrote: > > > >> I can't over-emphasize how much the Mercury crew liked Cass. The word >> I always got when people were remembering back was that Cass was equal >> to the Eastman Theater in Rochester -- a place where they could walk >> in and listen for a few minutes and know exactly where to put the >> mics, and be assured of a good recording. Watford, near London, was >> like that, but with the orchestra out on the floor so there was >> uniform reverberation all around it. In Rochester and Cass, they could >> set the orchestra up almost like in performance and then rope up the >> mics and go. >> > Kingsway Hall was even better than Watford. Many of the best UK > orchestral recordings were made there. > > I have heard good recordings made in the Snape Maltings but it is so out > of the way that it is seldom used. > > Regards > -- > Don Cox > [log in to unmask] > >