EchoBuster products, Does anybody use them?


I'm looking through the threads and find very limited mention of EchoBuster products. They seem to have an interesting line, EchoBusters, Double Busters, Bass Busters, and PHASE-4. I read the old Stereophile review online but as we all know, that’s just a review. Most of the recommendations I see are toward ASC products and that is the only acoustic treatment gear that I have any experience with. What draws me to their stuff is the floor stand suspended panels (aprox. 2'x4') not needing to be wall mounted and could easily be moved around. Finding a dealer to let me try some out is not possible and the retail price for me is prohibitive for just experimenting. Acoustic room treatment seems to be such a nebulous realm. What do you think? Am I barking up the wrong tree?
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I recently "Echo-bustered" my music room and the results were quite dramatic -- I now fully understand why the experts like Rives tell us to treat our room as though it were a component of our system. Was it fairly expensive to do this, yes -- but expense is relative. I don't have a wood-working shop at home -- or event the space, let alone the tools, to dedicate to such a project. So that was a major consideration for me. So was the fact that I'm not especially gifted, shall we say, in making things from scratch -- what I make fools no one -- it looks homemade -- and I wanted my room to look as sophisticated as it sounded. I also bill my time at $450 an hour professionally, so for me, the value of the time actually spent making my own treatments was a consideration -- especially since it would take me twice as long as someone gifted at these projects.

As to the cost of what Echo-busters are made of, I'm not sure why that would surprise -- even in light of the cost of the products. Are the materials in our $3000 interconnects and speaker wires worth that much -- I'm not an expert, but I doubt it. But since I could not make such cables even if I had the materials, I pay the price.

Finally, Michael at Echo-Busters is great to work with -- very helpful, attentive to details, and if you buy a package as I did, he will give you a good deal -- he sold me my package at more than a 20% discount from the list prices.

So, were the actual items from a materials standpoint worth what I paid -- no -- but the improvement to the sound in my room would have been worth a lot more than what I paid.