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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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wwoodrum
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I’d add that my experience has been that acoustic treatments can make any rig sound better, regardless of price.
wwoodrum
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I have been using GIK products and have made use of their free advice as well. My experience has been one of gradual improvement as opposed to an all-at-once treatment. I can say this: something is better than nothing and I haven’t found ‘too much’ yet, though I certainly believe it is possible. 

Once I put in bass traps and took care of direct reflections from walls and ceiling, I added diffusers towards the back of my listening room, which, given the other improvements I’d already enjoyed, seemed remarkable. 

The main thing here, if you’re not doing some kind of professional room sound analysis anyway, is to try to fix the biggest problems first, and only then go after those smaller issue that remain. I don’t think one needs to spend a fortune.
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