Have you treated your listening space?


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I see lots of pictures of $$$ systems in bare rooms.
What are the barriers for you to treat your room, or if you have already what benefits have you rendered?
I have improved the sound more than any other way by addressing the reverberant space that my system occupies.

"I would rather listen to a midfi system in a hifi room than a hifi system in a mifi room."
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mikewerner

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I recently had an opportunity to set up a new room and was able to listen to it without treatment and with. I added 4 inch bass corner traps and then added some two inch panels on the wall behind the speakers. My room sounded pretty good without the treatments, since I took my time with the proper speaker placement. With treatments, the soundstage is better defined, and more open (larger). Also, I eliminated the bass spikes at certain frequencies near the walls and corners. This was not an expensive project. I got my panels from Acoustimac and they were really well made and shipped quickly. The "ready bags" from Ready Acoustics were a non starter. I ordered the bags in November of 2010 and finally just got a refund in August. Needless to say I will never use them again.