"View", but for hearing
I know a lot of words, but it's driving me crazy that I can't think of one for this. I'm sure there must be one. I want to be able to say:
I had not only a great view of the ocean from that room, but also a great _,
where the blank means that I could hear it well as well as see it. Does such a word exist? (Rather, does it exist in the lexicon of "words regular people would recognize as being English" — that's what I'm looking for, not an extremely archaic word or one you made up. )
Solution 1:
I don't think there is a single word for it, and if there were it would be so obscure as to render it largely useless.
I would probably say "aural vantage point".
Solution 2:
A soundscape possibly even a Geophony.
Solution 3:
People tend to use the word ambience when it comes to sound, like we would temperature.
I am suggesting
I had not only a great view of the ocean from that room, but also a great sound ambience.
or
I had not only a great view of the ocean from that room, but also a great auditory ambiance.
Further suggestions,
I had not only a great view of the ocean from that room, but also a calming/exciting/interesting auditory/sound/aural ambience.
am•bi•ance or am•bi•ence
n., pl. -bi•anc•es or -bi•enc•es
the mood, special quality, or atmosphere of a place, situation, etc.; environment; milieu: The restaurant had a delightful ambiance.
[1885–90; < French, =ambi(ant) surrounding (Middle French, also ambient < Latin; see ambient) + -ance -ance]
Solution 4:
an "audioception" of the ocean??? (maybe)