Room treatment can be addictive

Congratulation for the esthetical aspect!

I did what you did but it was not esthetical at all...

I used cheap homemade material...

I used not only panels for diffusion/reflection/absorption panels balance ratio (homemade)..

I worked with Helmholtz resonators of various side...Their location and size tuned my room...

At the end it was stupendous...

No piece of gear at any price can match acoustics control of a system/room...

As you know yourself now...

For sure my peanuts cost room was not attractive esthetically but listening an opera with singer walking around you was enough for me...

And i learned acoustics and can do it now with experiments with any system...

Congratulation I like your room...

 Acoustics learning  is amazing and for me it was the experiments with many devices that was addictive...

@Maghister

The aesthetics were in part a nod to my wife. She does draw the line somewhere.

And a compliment from you is noteworthy! Thank you.

Our rooms are 70% of the final sound we hear; the gear we keep is what sounds/works best in that room. It amazes me to see rooms where $$$$$ of gear and speakers are without any room treatment, with large racks in between the speakers, furniture right by the speakers, large TVs, etc. Room treatments are the best investment to make to keep buying gear, trying to solve a room's acoustic issues. Spend money on your room, it pays off more than new gear or speakers.

With my low cost system i am satisfied and i am not jealous or envious of anyone because all my needs are covered by my actual system very well even if we could always improve the gear for sure...

Thanks to acoustics knowledge....

But i must be frank . i am certainly jealous and envious of you magnificent room design...

Truly yours...

@Maghister

The aesthetics were in part a nod to my wife. She does draw the line somewhere.

And a compliment from you is noteworthy! Thank you.

+1 phillyb