I was with 16 audio students and we did an eu-exchange thing. Our foreign guests were great at maths but bugger-all else. We went for good sound, they went for

I was with 16 audio students and we did an eu-exchange thing. Our foreign guests were great at maths but bugger-all else. We went for good sound, they went for good numbers. Only occasionally did both match and we spent a lot of time analysing precisely 'why?'. Most of the time 'move it and see' gave better results (for the majorities of up to 50 people at times) than using a tape measure, for example, to accurately place speakers.