Why does reverb sound huge and deep on real records, and either invisible or a swampy mess on yours?

In Episode 12 of KNOBS, Simon Moro and Terry Hart pull reverb apart: how the pros actually use it to create space, depth and emotion, and why amateur reverb almost always gives itself away.

They get into the multi-reverb approach, a short ambient reverb for width, a long one for size, a plate for mood and feature verbs for moments, and why the ear gets bored so fast that automation is not optional. Then the real secret: pre-delay for intelligibility and putting the vocal out in front, and using darkness to push sounds to the back of a soundstage.

Along the way: reverb as sonic world-building tied to emotion, the one-room-plus-pre-delay trick that makes a mix sound deep, panning reverb returns opposite the source, a dark reverb on ...