But bad acoustics do have the ability to sabotage: it is a question of where to put which performance.

My biggest quarrels with August are the cramped seating and the bad acoustics.

"They used to say there are no bad acoustics, just bad conductors," he said.

With bad acoustics and the Astrodome only half full it was a "monumental flop."

Given its near emptiness, the auditorium had bad acoustics, a hint of echoes.

"I did not want my name associated with a hall that would have bad acoustics," she told an interviewer in 1987.

It was a dark, cramped cellar in a basement with poor ventilation and bad acoustics.

An awkward theater with bad acoustics, it has gone through many changes of management.

Many commented on bad acoustics in certain venues while others complained of the massive staging taking away from the show.

Problems of water seepage, internal condensation, bad acoustics, and poor indoor air quality can occur if an earth shelter has not been properly designed.