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Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required?

In a video from 1/29/2021 (yesterday) Dennis Foley, Acoustic Fields warns people about acoustic treatment budgets. He asserts in this video that treatment will likely require (summing up the transcript):

Low end treatment: $5-10k

Middle-high frequency: $1-1.5k

Diffusion: Walls $10-15k, Ceiling: $30, 40, 50k

https://youtu.be/6YnBn1maTTM?t=160

Ostensibly, this is done in the spirit of educating people who think they can do treatment for less than this.

People here have warned about some of his advice. Is this more troubling information or is he on target?

For those here who have treated their rooms to their own satisfaction, what do you think of his numbers?


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djones51
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I've measured speakers in my living room flat down to 100hz using no room treatments other than sofa ,  drapes, bookcases etc.. room treatments are necessary in some spaces but I think people overdo I don't like a dead room some reflection adds spaciousness. 
djones51
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Not unless you're building a mastering studio. 
djones51
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I suspect with your low ceiling the biggest problem is ceiling and floor bounce/reflection. We tend to hear those as unpleasant more than wall reflection. Instead of trying absorption on the ceiling try diffraction and as strange as it sounds try putting a coffee table between you and the speakers. 
djones51
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I tamed wobbly waves down to 30hz with good speakers and Dirac.
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