Quote Originally Posted by lfh View Post
What year was that (c:a)?
I'm guessing about 1972.
Was it still just pink noise and 1/3 octave analysis or had the "TDS and LEDE revolution" begun?
Acousta-Voicing was only a couple of years old. TDS hadn't yet been licensed and LEDE was about 10 years away.
What were the subjective qualities of the early Westlake rooms?
Dynamic is the first thought that comes to my mind. Lots of power. But I always thought of the Westlakes as "harsh" (a function of crude dispersion control and lack of time correction, in spite of the external phase corrected EQ) which wasn't helped by a little slap reflection off the ceiling and console which tended to destroy mid-band definition. The bass was well-controlled and tight. Overall, a work in progress, a step in the right direction from what went before. IMHO.
did you compare thoroughly with and without the EQ?
No. That would be meaningless. Hidley's approach was an integrated environment, a closed system. Auditioning a "part" of the system alone would be of no particular value.