Room Treaments - Where To Begin...

+1 on Jim Smith’s book Get Better Sound. 

In particular how to pick the best listening position but there is a ton of other useful info (most of what is discussed here).

I used to have a bunch of tube traps. Now nothing except an optimal listening position an Vandersteen 5a carbons with the 11 band equalizer tuned to the room. Much better looks and sound.

But but ….. it’s all analog and built into the speaker

They said it would be ok 😅

But I shouldn’t have said no other room treatments. I’m lucky that we have large openings to adjacent rooms at both first reflection points. And my wife pushed for American Clay on the walls. It’s literally clay and it’s the best cure for slap echo I have ever heard. We did the ceiling too.