ROOM DAMPING - CHOOSING THE CORRECT SUPPLIERS AND MATERIALS



I am at the point where room damping is a real issue.  My listening set up, by necessity, is the "room acoustics from hell" 15' X 55' with the front LR speakers placed facing the 15' and 12' ceiling.  Wood floors no carpet (dogs), All walls covered in drywall.  
The B&W 702 S2's are notoriously bright - in my experience, that is also true. 

Anthony Grimani (YouTube/Audioholics ) recommends 15 - 20% room coverage with alternating damping -diffusion panels.  SonitusUSA is out of stock on the panels that dampen the higher frequencies.  
I need to get the harshness / brightness under control as well.

Here is my Question: Which manufacturers should I be looking at for sound damping and sound diffusion panels?  


Building and improving my gear as I go (current hardware below):
AVR 7.2 / 2 channel music setup:
Denon AVR3700H (105 watts)
Rotel 1590 2 channel power amp connected through the Denon pre outs.  
Bowers & Wilkins 702 S2 (left right) speakers.  
Bowers & Wilkins 802 LCR (center power connection by Denon amp)  
Paradigm Phantom V1 LR Side
Paradigm Atom V1 LR Rear
SVS PB-1000 - YAMAHA YST-SW315 powered subwoofers
Sony 85" TV 

Lumin U1 Streamer
Denafrips Pontus DAC (R2R)
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Thanks Hilde45 - i’m going through the videos at GIK now. They are a ton of help on design, thanks for that Goldmine of information. I’ll take a look at RealTraps today. 
Hilde45 what’s your experience with these products?  RealTraps it’s considerably more expensive - Is there a performance difference that warrants it?  Denser?
Thank you Mastering92. Can you recommend acoustic panels that you’ve had experience with?  
I am forced into near field listening given the room dimensions. So that’s not a problem. I get a lot of reflection off the rear walls 2 feet behind me. 
Hey sbank 
Spencer -  Rearranging the room makes perfect sense but… I can’t do it.  (Never hire an architect with overly contemporary wild ideas.)

So the left side wall is 11’ from left front speaker and brick chimney is 15’ from right front (wall 27’)
Going now to the Asylum site to learn how locate the first and second reflection points. 
It may be I might also need to use additional movable panels for rear and sides.