There is actually a very similar discussion like this one occuring at Ethan Winers forum, he is "discussing" with another acoustics company about how treated a 2 channel listening room should be.
Ethans stance is this: If a mastering room is treated to be a dead room with no reflection points, which shouldn't the consumer hear the recording EXACTLY how the engineer hears it?
I agree with that. If i really want to know what the best possible sound is for the recording that I am listening to, why don't I make my room sound like the engineers? Obviously if he mixed it in a dead room, won't it sound the best in a dead room?
In any case, I see all the points from all views, in a real-world case a 2 channel listening room will RARELY be in a complete dead room because it just isn't practical.
Not to mention the WAF
I guess there are different kind of ears for different kinds of rooms. To each his own Castle!
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