The acoustics are best up there, and I bought a pair of opera glasses just to see her.

The acoustics shine in what had come to be known as Copley Symphony Hall, now named Jacobs Music Center.

Audience members had long complained about lousy acoustics under the balcony overhang and bad views from many seats, especially at the top.

The orchestra’s home has been the Jacobs Music Center, a renovated movie palace with lousy acoustics in a dispiriting bank building.

Experts in audio engineering and acoustics theorize about how the sound could have traveled so far.