Room treatment

@fire_water 

I am not criticizing you in any way. You have a space most of us would love to have to work with. You just won’t realize it’s full potential. As stated above I would recommend an acoustician to analyze your room. Jeff at hdacoustics is very good. He designed my room and I built it. He can give you exactly what you are looking for. Well worth a consultation. Good luck !
 

@ronboco  my apologies.  I wasn't implying that you were criticizing me.  I was just trying to describe how I ended up where I am 😆 and now I'm reaching out for some direction.  It's all good my friend. 

I am currently updating the treatments in my listening area where both SQ and aesthetics are major considerations.  I started with REW measurements to establish a baseline and be able to quantify the impacts of the treatments.   This required a minimal investment for a calibrated mic and cable and not nearly as daunting as it initially appears.  I actually sent these measurements along with pics and layouts to both GIK and Audio Advice to help in their free recommendations.

GIK came back with an extensive plan with a mix of treatments that I have partially implemented with their 4" Impression panels.  A few issues but overall quite happy with the aesthetics of the panels.  Don't really care for the look of the GIK pure absorption panels so I wound up purchasing Tonnen panels off Amazon for the first reflection points.  The dimensions of the Tonnen panels were also a better fit for my space.

Audio Advice handles Vicoustic products, which are some of the best looking products (also more $'s) but their advice/follow-up was very poor compared to GIK so I stopped working with them.

Thus far the benefits are obvious in both the REW measurements and in listening. I am still debating whether to treat the ceiling, if I do, I will likely use a combination for the Vicoustic absorption and diffusion panels for both performance and aesthetics.  I am fortunate that I don't have a major need for bass traps.

As someone noted, doing this in stages makes a lot of sense starting clearly with the first reflection points.  The law of diminishing return applies.

FWIW I was shocked at your shipping cost.  I paid $124 to ship 140lbs of GIK panels from Atlanta to Cincinnati!

Best of luck...

Proper room acoustic treatment is very difficult to optimize without the services of a professional. Many on Audiogon preach the virtues of acoustic treatments but still have that dreaded large screen TV or a coffee table within the speakers soundstage etc. If you consider yourself as an Audiophile or music lover allocating one professionally treated dedicated audio room is mandatory to achieve near optimal sound.

I believe I just found an acoustical engineer to conduct a Reverberation Time (RT) test. He also has a passion for high-end audio. So now I can accurately determine the appropriate level of sound absorption required without guessing. This is going to be fun! Thanks for all the insightful input.