IF by your Mr. Greeny face you are saying that sarcastically then I'd wager that current "rock" recordings suffer more from excessive compression and too much digital manipulation than control room acoustics. But that's a rant for another topic.
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Yes the Mr. Greenyface, was a bit of a poke, and I agree but the control room and what it sounds like there, is where it starts, then the mixing board....
And your right, again, that there are several other topics in this area.
Like why most sound engineers don't use PipeDreams, RM/x's or Wilson Alexandria's or even close.
It might also be interesting to see "Fletcher/Munson" type studies relating to Nearfeild signal over-ride of direct to reflected sound and just where the reflected signal is filtered by the ear/brain.
Most control rooms are very on axis with nearfield positions, which provides a significant rejection/overide to lower level reflected signals.