Beautiful home for the Chicago Symphony, but the a...

Beautiful home for the Chicago Symphony, but the acoustics have been lacking since the redesign in 1995-97. The best seats for sound are in the lower balcony. Higher pitched tones are harder to hear unless you get to experience a visiting European orchestra with precise ensemble playing. The brass is hard to hear from the main floor and upper balcony sound is muffled by a huge and low overhang.