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Shouldn't This Sound Boomy?

I have recently purchased a mic and I’m running REW to test my room response. These are the resulting charts:

I hear nice tight bass when I play music. I hear a big improvement over my previous speakers. The mid range and treble sound great and again the bass sounds articulate and tight. I would think this would be boomy and muddled. Unfortunately, I did not have the ability to test my previous speakers. The room is treated with GIK panels, but I have no bass traps in the corners due to the spouse approval factor. Am I a horrible listener that can’t hear this, or am I missing something else?

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johnlnyc
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This turned up in my in box this morning. 
Well worth considering..

 

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johnlnyc
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baclagg

are you gonna believe your graph or your “lyin ears”?

you described your current system thusly: 

“I hear nice tight bass when I play music. I hear a big improvement over my previous speakers. The mid range and treble sound great and again the bass sounds articulate and tight”

lol

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johnlnyc
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I hear you.

This is what a lot of audiophiles suffer. 
pursuit of the holy grail, that unicorn of perfection.

I can’t tell you how many of the greatest recording engineers, mixers, mastering engineers and producers, agree on one thing. Rely on your ears not the gear.

I recall a reviewer explaining that for optimum isolation, seat your turntable on a concrete pillar not touching any part of your home and driven into the ground.

At some point, we have to just find a system we like, tweak it within reason and spend our time listening to music! 

 

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