Room treatment with acoustic panels

@tcutter I couldn't agree with you more. When I originally designed and built my room, it was just meant to be a room to relax and listen to some music. But shortly after finishing it, I became intrigued by this hobby and started upgrading my speakers and components. And so because it was never intended to be a dedicated, audio-first room, I didn't initially notice its acoustic shortcomings. Even so, I still thoroughly enjoy spending time in it.

@fire_water 

"I still thoroughly enjoy spending time in it."

And this is all that matters...

For the record (!)...I've spent more time than most in "treated" spaces with recording, mixing, and hanging about since the 60s. I understand "dry" rooms, anechoic chambers, sound absorbing panels, bass traps, etc., but I do prefer (for home listening) a room sound. My personal esthetic dictates the feel of a room, and the sweet spot where I sit with efficient horns focusing the sound at my head is absolutely not effected by the room in even the slightest meaningful way. Period. My careful sub placement adheres to what I like...why wouldn't it? Sound moves around the room in interesting ways and simply never sounds improper tonally...if it did I'd move the subs or mains. I can stand in a second floor alcove looking down on the horns on the far side of the room and the sound of the system is amazing up there. Its all good, so to speak, so you can stick your panels up in your empty shipping container or apply DSP to your man cave all you want and I simply hope you get even a fraction of the enjoyment I get from my glorious room.

@wolf_garcia 

You are fortunate that your room is so large that reflective surfaces are far enough away that the reflected sound waves don't significantly interfere with the initial speaker signal. For those of us in more modest digs, acoustic treatment is beneficial. 

The timing of this post is great.  I reached out to GIK two weeks ago for a "free consultation".  After a few days I got a response but it was totally generic and not useful at all.  I had provided my speaker type and room dimensions, as requested, and even provided them with four hi-res photos of my listening room from all four walls/sides so they could see the room layout and some challenges I have with a sliding glass door and a large brick fireplace.  The room "model" they sent back looked nothing like my room and their recommended products and placements would not have worked at all with my room layout (which they would have known if they had bothered to look at my photos).  Has anyone else had a similar bad experience/response?  And for those of you who were happy with GIK, what sort of detailed room layout and recommendations did they provide to you?  Thanks!