If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments?


Yeah you may need an absorption panel if your room is completely open, ie. No rug or furniture, ie just lonely single chair. But if your system can't cut it in any room then it's a system problem and you should be able to discern a good system regardless of the room.  Unless you put it on the roof of your apartment building but the Beatles seemed to have survived that effort

I think people go nuts with all this absorption acoustical room treatment stuff and it looks kind of awful.  Once in a while you see a really cool looking diffuser panel and I would definitely want one. But to have a system that works really well without any of the acoustical panel distractions is a wonderful thing.

emergingsoul

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Allowing that emergingsoul suffers some medical/physical limitations, the noted high number of discussions started do raise some questions.  Also, have not seen any description of his system offered.  The few topics I have read started by emergingsoul cover topics beaten to death previously in many forums.  Also  appears any valid suggestions in response to emergingsoul are rejected or deflected by a tangential change of the subject. In short, seems emergingsoul is not really interested in audio, only attention.

If that opinion is incorrect, post details of your system and engage in meaningful discussion. For example, if you think room treatment is a waste of time, present some fact based information.      

@timkeough1964 sums it up well.

Something is really off with OP comments. He has started 225 posts, and has had 897 replies, in the past 3 1/2 years. Somehow conveying details of his superior system and the room it is in is somehow problematic? Hmmmm…. 

It is not insensitive or unfairly treating someone with a disability to expect the same conduct as that of anyone else on this forum.  The OP has been asked repeatedly to describe his system.  A reasonable request, yet no response.  There is too much history of this OP starting a thread with a particular premise, then arguing both sides either in the same thread or another different thread.  

Too much evidence of no meaningful contribution by the OP, only stirring the pot until everyone finally realizes there is nothing new of value being offered.  OP contributions are pretty much, "Yeah, but . . ., Yeah, but . . . , Yeah, but . . .".

Like pulling teeth to get a description of the OP's system and room.  Shocking, he has room treatment, although not sure if the room information provided is complete.  At some point measurements are taken, with bass traps in a normal living room.  It is not clear what was done to the room to cause a second set of measurements to be a little smoother.  

If room treatment is excessive, according to the OP, but based on measurements - What is the problem???  No doubt overdone room treatment exists as does no room treatment.  Personal choice!

The OP again demonstrates circular discussion, dissing room treatment, withhold system and room information, finally reveals personal room treatment along with implication of expertise regarding room treatment.  Can anything from this OP be believed?

The point of the entire thread was to better understand whether there's a benefit in doing room treatments given a furnished room which already inherently does a lot of this. 

@emergingsoul  Did you investigate any of the sources of technical information offered?  If so, your question posed should have been answered long ago.  I see no indication you have anything but opinion to offer that is based on your room as a single example.  I see no indication you are open to better understand.

Have you listened in rooms you consider excessively treated?  Do you have actual measurements to present of untreated, treated, or your room before and after?

And for those who still feel inclined to put acoustical treatments in a furnished room I'm not sure it would really be helpful and actually maybe harmful.

Proof???

 

 

 

The OP has an opinion, is not forthcoming with relevant information, and shows no interest in "better understanding" as claimed.

No reason to continue this circular firing squad.

@immatthewj  More likely an AI programmed to be make illogical, whiney, rambling, irritating posts that dismiss facts and logic provided by those trying to be helpful.