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Single most effective electronic room treatment?

I have a listening room bordering between small and medium size, measuring 16'x 13'x 7'2" high.

Construction is 18th century timber frame, plaster over lath, with crown moldings and square corner beams exposed. One wall is paneled (with two paneled doors) flanking a recessed brick fireplace and tile hearth. Two walls are exterior, each with one window which is covered with a lightweight, translucent scrim curtain. Rug and 1/2" padding cover 90% of the floor. There are a couple of bureaus, a large palm plant and a U- shaped melamine work table, necessitated by combining office and listening room.

Until recently components have been in a Michael Green-type clamp rack made of 2 1/8" laminated MDF which I will reconfigure as an isolation stand for my TT.

The arrival of a top loading CD player will render the clamp rack redundant.

I've experimented a bit with physical first reflection treatments on the walls and ceiling.

What *electronic* device have you found --and kept in your own listening roon-- that would make the greatest difference in the room's *MUSICALITY*?

Is placement an issue? What has your experience been?

I'm considering Acoustic Revive options, particularly the RR-77 (anyone have one for sale?) and its siblings, but am open to the experience pool of the GoN.

Thank you
cdk84

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egoss
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Two recommendations are to turn off your computer and refrigerator for serious listening. They are both free, and will make a huge difference. If you still have room problems, experiment seriously with speaker placement, or replacement. To buy an electronic device to cure your system's shortcomings is just plain wasting money. You don't mention what you have for equipment, but I suspect you're trying to make the Silk Purse out of the proverbial sow's ear. Just my opinion of course, but I'd rather buy music than another pice of equipment to get in the way of the original signal. But I'm just an old-school guy who enjoys his system without tone controls of any kind.
Best of luck in your search for more enjoyment from your Hi-fi.
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