The room as a component


We all know that the room we use for audio is important and not just dimensions but room treatment and construction as well. There is so much involved that it would be nice to have a separate forum category for the listening room. It is my ultimate goal to one day build my own room. One source I have found for information is the youtube videos from Dennis Foley of Acoustic Fields. He really has some interesting information. Has anyone here had any experience with Dennis or his room treatment products? They are not inexpensive so I would assume very few have but I would like those who have experience or those who have watched his videos to chime in with their thoughts.  
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Yes the room is an integral part of the system. As is power. As is everything. My dream from childhood was my own listening room. Took a while but after buying a house when we decided to remodel the listening room finally became a reality. You can see it all here https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367
Notice this goes back to the 1990's, and is under continual development to this day. Main thing I learned along the way is what is really cost effective and what is not. 

Another thing I learned along the way is which questions to ask, and which ones to avoid. Because really, who is gonna drop $10k on acoustic panels and then say but you know I could have made the exact same thing for like $50, which is bad enough, but then when I tried Synergistic HFT they were so much better for so much less I feel like I totally blew the ten large. And the answer is: nobody. 

So a better question is, what's a really cost effective way to go about improving my room? 

I mean, if that's what you're after.