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My room has "zero" slap echo. Do I need room treatments?

So I have floor standers and 2 subs.  The room is shaped like a "T" with none of the walls the same length and most walls are 8" by 8" logs.  The distance for rear wall reflections from left and right speakers and subs are both different.  So as I said, there is no slap echo so what should I treat the room for?  Any suggestions?
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I can’t even afford to pay attention. 
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Let me think about it for a couple of weeks and I’ll get back to you. 
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Using a test tone or more than one test tone and SPL meter you can map out the sound pressure zones in any room. Standing waves, first reflection points and pressure build up in room corners tend to be where the highest sound pressures are measured, sometimes 6 dB or higher than the average sound pressure in the room. Those are where there the treatments should go, generally speaking. Speaker location should be optimized simultaneous. 
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